The 2016 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2016 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season since its founding.
Format The league retained the format used in the most recent season. The tournament was played in a year-round competition with the 16 teams playing the other teams twice on a home-and-away basis and playing a regional rival twice more for a total of 32 matches. The top eight teams after the thirty-two rounds advanced to the Semifinal round where the eight teams were sorted into two groups of four and played a double Round-robin tournament group stage. Both group winners earn promotion to the Categoría Primera A and also advanced to the Final round, which consisted of two legs to decide the winner.
Teams
ClubHome cityStadium2015 season América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 4th Atléticoa Cali Pascual Guerrero 16th Barranquilla Barranquilla Metropolitano 14th Bogotá Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 11th Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander 20th (Primera A) Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 9th Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 2nd Leones TurboItagüíb John Jairo TréllezMetropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí 6th Llaneros Villavicencio Manuel Calle Lombana 15th Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar Did not compete Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León 5th Real Santander Floridablanca Álvaro Gómez Hurtado 13th Tigresc Bogotá Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento 12th Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Federico Serrano SotoMunicipal de Ciénaga 8th Universitario Popayán Ciro López 7th Valledupar Valledupar Armando Maestre Pavajeau 10th a: Formerly known as Dépor. b: Played at Polideportivo Sur in Envigado for most of the second half of the season. c: Formerly known as Expreso Rojo.
First stage Standings
Results Regular matches
Regional derbies (Rounds 8 & 24)
Round 8 (Derbies) - April 2, 3, 4, and 5, 2016DateTimeVenueHomeScoreAwaySat.14:00Metropolitano de TechoTigres1 – 1Bogotá15:00Federico Serrano SotoUnión Magdalena3 – 0ValleduparSun.11:30Ciro LópezUniversitario de Popayán2 – 0Orsomarso15:00Álvaro Gómez HurtadoReal Santander0 – 0Cúcuta Deportivo15:30Manuel Calle LombanaLlaneros1 – 1LeonesJaime Morón LeónReal Cartagena2 – 1BarranquillaMon.19:45Pascual GuerreroAtlético0 – 4América de CaliTue.20:00CentenarioDeportes Quindío1 – 2Deportivo Pereira
Round 24 (Derbies) - August 20, 21, 22, and 23, 2016DateTimeVenueHomeScoreAwaySat.15:00Armando Maestre PavajeauValledupar2 – 1Unión MagdalenaPolideportivo SurLeones2 – 1LlanerosFrancisco Rivera EscobarOrsomarso1 – 1Universitario de PopayánSun.Metropolitano Roberto MeléndezBarranquilla1 – 1Real Cartagena15:30General SantanderCúcuta Deportivo1 – 2Real SantanderMon.14:00Metropolitano de TechoBogotá0 – 0Tigres19:45Pascual GuerreroAmérica de Cali5 – 0AtléticoTue.Hernán Ramírez VillegasDeportivo Pereira1 – 2Deportes Quindío
Semifinals The Semifinal stage began on October 22 and ended on November 28. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. Tigres and América de Cali topped their respective groups and as a result both advanced to the finals and were also promoted to the Categoría Primera A for the 2017 season.
Group A
Group B
Finals
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Juan Camilo HernándezDeportivo Pereira 21 2 Jairo MolinaBogotá 17 3 Damir CeterDeportes Quindío 14 4 Martín ArzuagaReal Cartagena 13 Ernesto FaríasAmérica de Cali 13
Source: DIMAYOR
Aggregate table
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