| Season | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Deportivo Pereira (1st title) |
| Promoted | Deportivo Pereira |
| Relegated | Cooperamos Tolima |
| Top goalscorer | Gustavo Iturburo (21 goals) |
← 1999 2001 → | |
The 2000 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 2000 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of Colombia's second division football league. Deportivo Pereira won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. Gustavo Iturburo, playing for Unión Magdalena, was the topscorer with 21 goals.[1][2]
Teams
16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Real Cartagena was promoted to Primera A for the 2000 season. Unión Magdalena were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 1999 season after finishing in the bottom of the top tier's relegation table. Atlético Córdoba and Atlético Popayán did not take part of the tournament. Cúcuta 2001 changed its name back to Cúcuta Deportivo and Palmira changed its name to Expreso Palmira. Unión Soacha and Unión Meta were the debuting teams for this season.
| Team | City | Stadium |
|---|---|---|
| Alianza Petrolera | Barrancabermeja | Daniel Villa Zapata |
| Bello | Bello | Tulio Ospina |
| Cooperamos Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | Cúcuta | General Santander |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| Deportivo Rionegro | Rionegro | Alberto Grisales |
| El Cóndor | Bogotá | El Campincito |
| Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora | Cali | Pascual Guerrero |
| Expreso Palmira | Palmira | Francisco Rivera Escobar |
| Girardot | Girardot | Luis Antonio Duque Peña |
| Itagüí | Itagüí | Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí |
| Lanceros Fair Play | Tunja | La Independencia |
| Soledad | Soledad | Romelio Martínez |
| Unión Magdalena | Santa Marta | Eduardo Santos |
| Unión Meta | Villavicencio | Bello Horizonte |
| Unión Soacha | Soacha | Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento |
| Categoría Primera B 2000 champion |
|---|
| Deportivo Pereira 1st title |
References
- ^ "Colombia 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Colombian League Top Scorers Second Level". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2024.