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Torneo BetPlay Dimayor
Season2024
Dates2 February – 14 December 2024
ChampionsUnión Magdalena (2nd title)
PromotedUnión Magdalena
Llaneros
Matches played310
Goals scored732 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerTorneo I: Juan Salcedo (10 goals)
Torneo II: Néider Ospina and Jannenson Sarmiento (10 goals each)
Biggest home winCúcuta Deportivo 6–0 Bogotá
(16 March)
Cúcuta Deportivo 6–0 Real Santander
(5 October)
Biggest away winAtlético 0–4 Boca Juniors
(6 May)
Real Santander 0–4 Llaneros
(16 October)
Highest scoringR. Cundinamarca 3–4 Llaneros
(1 May)
Boca Juniors 4–3 Real Santander
(23 September)
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The 2024 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2024 Torneo BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 35th season of the Categoría Primera B since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. The season began on 2 February and ended on 14 December 2024.

Unión Magdalena were the champions, winning their second Primera B title and promoting to Categoría Primera A after defeating Llaneros on penalties in the season's grand final following a 1–1 draw on aggregate. Llaneros also promoted at the end of the season, after ending the season as runners-up and also topping the season's aggregate table.

Teams

16 teams took part in the season. The previous season's champions Patriotas and runners-up Fortaleza were promoted to Primera A for the 2024 season, being replaced in Primera B for this season by Unión Magdalena and Atlético Huila, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 2023 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the top tier's relegation table.

On 12 December 2023 the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved a request from Cortuluá to change their home stadium for this season, moving to Palmira after one season in Yumbo, Valle del Cauca Department. On 10 January 2024, Cortuluá was rebranded as Internacional F.C. de Palmira. In addition to this, starting from this season Real Soacha Cundinamarca left Soacha and was rebranded to Real Cundinamarca, temporarily moving to Bogotá and playing its home matches at Parque Estadio Olaya Herrera.

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Club City Stadium Capacity
Atlético Cali Pascual Guerrero 38,588
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 12,000
Barranquilla Barranquilla Romelio Martínez 11,000
Boca Juniors de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 38,588
Bogotá Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 10,000
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander 42,901
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 20,716
Internacional Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar 15,300
Leones Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí 12,000
Llaneros Villavicencio Bello Horizonte – Rey Pelé 15,000
Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar 15,300
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León 16,068
Real Cundinamarca Bogotá Parque Estadio Olaya Herrera 2,500
Real Santander Piedecuesta Villa Concha 5,500
Tigres Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 10,000
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Sierra Nevada 16,000

Torneo I

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Huila 16 13 0 3 25 9 +16 39 Advance to the semi-finals
2 Cúcuta Deportivo 16 9 5 2 25 14 +11 32
3 Llaneros 16 8 5 3 28 15 +13 29
4 Tigres 16 7 6 3 22 12 +10 27
5 Unión Magdalena 16 7 6 3 25 17 +8 27
6 Real Cartagena 16 7 5 4 22 15 +7 26
7 Orsomarso 16 7 4 5 23 18 +5 25
8 Deportes Quindío 16 5 7 4 20 18 +2 22
9 Internacional 16 6 4 6 20 18 +2 22
10 Boca Juniors de Cali 16 7 1 8 17 17 0 22
11 Real Cundinamarca 16 5 4 7 28 28 0 19
12 Barranquilla 16 4 6 6 19 18 +1 18
13 Leones 16 2 8 6 21 28 −7 14
14 Bogotá 16 3 5 8 14 32 −18 14
15 Real Santander 16 2 2 12 14 35 −21 8
16 Atlético 16 1 2 13 5 34 −29 5
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ Away goals against: Deportes Quindío 10, Internacional 11.

Results

Home \ Away ATL HUI BAR BOC BOG CUC QUI INT LEO LLA ORS RCA RCU RSA TIG MAG
Atlético — 0–3 — 0–4 — 0–1 0–1 — — 0–3 0–2 0–2 — — 1–3 —
Atlético Huila — — 2–0 — — 2–1 1–0 — — 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 — —
Barranquilla 4–0 — — — — — 1–0 0–0 2–2 — — 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 —
Boca Juniors de Cali 0–1 0–2 1–0 — 1–2 — 2–1 — 1–0 — — — — — 2–0 0–0
Bogotá 2–2 2–1 1–0 — — — 2–2 — 2–2 1–2 — — — — 0–1 0–2
Cúcuta Deportivo — — 2–1 1–0 6–0 — — 1–0 1–1 — — — 3–2 2–1 — 1–1
Deportes Quindío — 0–3 — — — 1–1 — 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 4–0 — —
Internacional 3–0 2–1 — 2–1 3–0 — — — 2–2 — 0–1 — — — 0–0 0–2
Leones 2–0 1–2 — — — — 2–2 — — 0–3 1–1 0–0 — — 2–3 1–3
Llaneros — — 2–1 2–0 — 0–0 — 1–2 — — 1–0 0–0 3–3 4–0 — —
Orsomarso — — 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 — 4–2 — — — — 1–1 4–2 — 1–3
Real Cartagena — — 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 — 2–0 — — 1–2 — 2–1 3–1 — —
Real Cundinamarca 1–0 — — 1–0 2–2 — — 2–1 4–2 3–4 — — — 4–2 — 1–2
Real Santander 1–1 — — 2–3 3–0 0–3 — 0–2 0–0 — — — — — 0–3 2–0
Tigres — 0–1 — — 0–0 4–0 0–0 — — 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–0 — — —
Unión Magdalena 2–0 2–0 1–3 — — — 2–2 — 2–3 1–1 — 2–2 — — 0–0 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. Match awarded 3–0 to Atlético Huila due to Deportes Quindío fielding the suspended player Ferney Angulo. The match had ended with Deportes Quindío winning 2–1.

Semi-finals

The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ORS RCA HUI TIG
1 Orsomarso 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13 Advance to the Finals — 0–0 1–0 4–1
2 Real Cartagena 6 4 1 1 6 2 +4 13 2–0 — 2–0 1–0
3 Atlético Huila 6 3 0 3 7 4 +3 9 0–1 2–0 — 4–0
4 Tigres 6 0 0 6 1 12 −11 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position (only applies for the seeded team, if it is involved in a tie), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) First stage position.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LLA MAG CUC QUI
1 Llaneros 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Advance to the Finals — 1–1 2–1 2–0
2 Unión Magdalena 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11 2–1 — 2–0 0–0
3 Cúcuta Deportivo 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6 1–3 2–1 — 1–0
4 Deportes Quindío 6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5 1–1 1–2 1–0 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position (only applies for the seeded team, if it is involved in a tie), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) First stage position.

Finals

Orsomarso0–0Llaneros
Report
Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar, PalmiraReferee: Carlos Ortega
Llaneros2–2Orsomarso
Report
Penalties
4–3
Estadio Bello Horizonte – Rey Pelé, VillavicencioReferee: Andrés Rojas

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Llaneros won on penalties.


 Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR
2024–I winners 
Llaneros
Advanced to the Grand Final

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Colombia Juan Salcedo Orsomarso 10
2 Colombia Andrés Carreño Unión Magdalena 9
Argentina Lucas Farías Atlético Huila
Colombia Alexis Serna Deportes Quindío
5 Colombia Jonathan Agudelo Cúcuta Deportivo 8
6 Colombia Miguel Murillo Real Cartagena 7
7 Colombia Julián Angulo Cúcuta Deportivo 6
Colombia Jhon Cabal Real Cundinamarca
Colombia Robert Lara Tigres
Colombia Arney Rocha Real Cundinamarca
Colombia Kalazán Suárez Internacional
Colombia Cristian Vergara Bogotá

Source: Soccerway

Torneo II

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Unión Magdalena 16 10 4 2 26 13 +13 34 Advance to the semi-finals
2 Llaneros 16 10 3 3 27 11 +16 33
3 Real Cartagena 16 10 2 4 24 9 +15 32
4 Atlético Huila 16 9 1 6 19 14 +5 28
5 Real Cundinamarca 16 7 4 5 17 13 +4 25
6 Deportes Quindío 16 7 3 6 23 18 +5 24
7 Orsomarso 16 7 3 6 12 15 −3 24
8 Cúcuta Deportivo 16 7 2 7 22 16 +6 23
9 Barranquilla 16 6 4 6 19 20 −1 22
10 Internacional 16 6 4 6 13 14 −1 22
11 Leones 16 4 6 6 18 21 −3 18
12 Tigres 16 5 3 8 14 24 −10 18
13 Boca Juniors de Cali 16 4 5 7 15 21 −6 17
14 Bogotá 16 4 3 9 25 29 −4 15
15 Atlético 16 3 4 9 13 24 −11 13
16 Real Santander 16 3 1 12 9 34 −25 10
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away ATL HUI BAR BOC BOG CUC QUI INT LEO LLA ORS RCA RCU RSA TIG MAG
Atlético — — 1–1 2–0 3–0 — — 1–1 2–2 — — — 1–0 0–1 — 0–2
Atlético Huila 2–1 — — 0–2 2–1 — 2–1 1–0 2–1 — — — — — 4–0 1–2
Barranquilla — 1–2 — 1–1 4–2 1–0 — — — 3–2 1–0 0–1 — — — 1–1
Boca Juniors de Cali 2–0 — — — — 0–1 — 1–2 — 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–2 4–3 — —
Bogotá — — — 0–1 — 5–0 — 1–2 — — 2–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 —
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–0 1–2 — — — — 3–1 — — 0–1 0–1 2–1 — 6–0 3–0 —
Deportes Quindío 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 — — — 4–0 — — — — — 3–1 1–2
Internacional — — 1–0 — — 1–0 1–0 — — 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 — —
Leones — — 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 — — — — 1–0 2–0 — 1–1
Llaneros 3–0 1–0 — — 2–3 — 0–1 — 1–0 — — — 2–1 — 2–0 1–1
Orsomarso 1–0 0–1 — — — — 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 — 1–0 — — 1–0 —
Real Cartagena 3–0 1–0 3–0 — — — 2–0 — 1–0 1–2 — — — — 3–1 2–0
Real Cundinamarca — 1–0 1–2 — — 1–1 2–1 — — 1–1 2–0 2–1 — — 1–0 —
Real Santander — 1–0 2–1 — — 0–2 0–2 — — 0–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 — — —
Tigres 2–0 — 1–1 0–0 1–0 — — 1–0 2–2 — — — — 1–0 — 2–1
Unión Magdalena — — — 1–0 3–2 1–1 — 1–0 2–1 — 3–0 — 1–0 4–0 — —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. Match awarded 3–0 to Llaneros due to pitch invasion by an Orsomarso supporter. The match was ended due to lack of guarantees with a 1–1 score.
  2. Match suspended at halftime and awarded 3–0 to Real Cartagena since Atlético failed to present their physician for the match. The match was suspended with Real Cartagena leading 1–0.

Semi-finals

The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG CUC RCU HUI
1 Unión Magdalena 6 3 1 2 6 3 +3 10 Advance to the Finals — 1–0 2–0 2–0
2 Cúcuta Deportivo 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 2–1 — 1–0 1–1
3 Real Cundinamarca 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8 1–0 1–1 — 1–0
4 Atlético Huila 6 0 4 2 4 7 −3 4 0–0 3–3 0–0 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position (only applies for the seeded team, if it is involved in a tie), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) First stage position.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LLA RCA ORS QUI
1 Llaneros 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Advance to the Finals — 5–1 1–0 4–2
2 Real Cartagena 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12 1–0 — 2–1 3–0
3 Orsomarso 6 2 1 3 5 4 +1 7 2–0 0–1 — 0–0
4 Deportes Quindío 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 0–3 2–1 0–2 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position (only applies for the seeded team, if it is involved in a tie), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) First stage position.
Notes:
  1. ^ Llaneros ahead of Real Cartagena for being the group's seeded team.

Finals

Unión Magdalena4–0Llaneros
Report
Estadio Sierra Nevada, Santa MartaReferee: Wilmar Roldán
Llaneros1–1Unión Magdalena
Report
Estadio Bello Horizonte – Rey Pelé, VillavicencioReferee: José Ortiz

Unión Magdalena won 5–1 on aggregate.


 Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR
2024–II winners 
Unión Magdalena
Advanced to the Grand Final

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Colombia Néider Ospina Llaneros 10
Colombia Jannenson Sarmiento Unión Magdalena
3 Colombia Michell Ramos Cúcuta Deportivo 9
4 Colombia Wilfrido de La Rosa Real Cartagena 8
5 Colombia José Andrade Boca Juniors de Cali 7
Colombia Cristian Vergara Bogotá
7 Colombia Ruyery Blanco Unión Magdalena 6
Colombia Juan Salcedo Real Cartagena
Argentina Valentín Sánchez Unión Magdalena
10 Colombia Juan Fernando Caicedo Llaneros 5
Colombia Brayan Castro Bogotá
Colombia Geovan Montes Llaneros
Colombia Arney Rocha Real Cundinamarca

Source: Soccerway

Grand Final

Unión Magdalena1–0Llaneros
Report
Estadio Sierra Nevada, Santa MartaReferee: Carlos Betancur
Llaneros1–0Unión Magdalena
Report
Penalties
2–4
Estadio Bello Horizonte – Rey Pelé, VillavicencioReferee: Wilmar Roldán

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Unión Magdalena won on penalties.


 Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR
2024 champions 
Unión Magdalena
2nd title

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Llaneros (P) 50 26 13 11 82 46 +36 91 Promotion to Categoría Primera A
2 Unión Magdalena (C, P) 48 25 14 9 71 40 +31 89
3 Real Cartagena 44 25 8 11 61 34 +27 83
4 Atlético Huila 44 25 5 14 55 34 +21 80
5 Orsomarso 46 20 11 15 49 42 +7 71
6 Cúcuta Deportivo 44 20 10 14 60 46 +14 70
7 Deportes Quindío 44 14 13 17 50 55 −5 55
8 Real Cundinamarca 38 14 10 14 48 45 +3 52
9 Tigres 38 12 9 17 37 48 −11 45
10 Internacional 32 12 8 12 33 32 +1 44
11 Barranquilla 32 10 10 12 38 38 0 40
12 Boca Juniors de Cali 32 11 6 15 32 38 −6 39
13 Leones 32 6 14 12 39 49 −10 32
14 Bogotá 32 7 8 17 39 61 −22 29
15 Atlético 32 4 6 22 18 58 −40 18
16 Real Santander 32 5 3 24 23 69 −46 18
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion play-off

Since the season runners-up Llaneros also ended up as the best-placed team in the aggregate table, they earned automatic promotion to Categoría Primera A and the promotion play-off was not played.

See also

References

  1. "Conoce todos los detalles de la primera fecha del Torneo BetPlay 2024-1" [Find out all the details of the 2024-1 Torneo BetPlay's first round] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. "Calendario de competencias DIMAYOR II-2024" [2024–II DIMAYOR competition schedule] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. "Unión Magdalena y Llaneros ascienden a la Liga BetPlay" [Unión Magdalena and Llaneros promote to the Liga BetPlay] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. "Patriotas se corona campeón del torneo de ascenso y regresa a la primera división" [Patriotas are crowned champions of the promotion tournament and return to the first division] (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. "Huila y Unión Magdalena, los descendidos a la Primera B para 2024" [Huila and Unión Magdalena, the relegated ones to Primera B for 2024] (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  6. "Dos históricos del fútbol colombiano harán un cambio de sede para el 2024" [Two historicals of Colombian football will make a change of venue for 2024] (in Spanish). La FM. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  7. "Conozca el nuevo equipo profesional del FPC que reemplazará a Cortuluá y jugará en Palmira, habla su presidente" [Get to know the FPC′s new professional team that will replace Cortuluá and will play in Palmira, its chairman speaks] (in Spanish). El País. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  8. "Siguen los cambios en el FPC: otro equipo modificó su nombre" [The changes in the FPC continue: another team changed its name] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  9. "Decisión final: Dimayor le arrebató triunfo a equipo por esta razón" [Final decision: Dimayor took away a team's victory for this reason] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  10. "Resolución No. 080 de 2024 – Competencias DIMAYOR" [Resolution 080 of 2024 – DIMAYOR Competitions] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  11. "Real Cartagena le ganó a Atlético en un partido que solo duró un tiempo" [Real Cartagena beat Atlético in a match that only lasted one half] (in Spanish). El Universal. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  12. "Resolución No.078 de 2024 – Competencias DIMAYOR" [Resolution 078 of 2024 – DIMAYOR Competitions] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

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