1999 Categoría Primera B season

Categoría Primera B 1999 Real Cartagena (1st title) Real Cartagena Julián Vásquez (21 goals) 1998 2000 The 1999 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 1999 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of Colombia's second division football league. Real Cartagena won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. Julián Vásquez, playing for Itagüí, was the topscorer with 21 goals.Colombia 1999 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col99.html 19 March 2024Colombian League Top Scorers Second Level RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col2tops.html 19 March 2024 Teams 16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Deportivo Pasto was promoted to Primera A for the 1999 season. Deportivo Unicosta, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 1998 season, did not take part of the tournament. After finishing last in the 1998 season, Real Floridablanca was relegated to Categoría Primera C. Univalle did not take part of the tournament. Cúcuta Deportivo changed its name to Cúcuta 2001 and Lanceros Boyacá changed its name to Lanceros Fair Play. Atlético Popayán, Palmira, Soledad were the debuting teams for this season. Team City Stadium Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata Atlético Córdoba Cereté Alberto Saibis Saker Atlético Popayán Popayán Ciro López Bello Bello Tulio Ospina Cooperamos Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro Cúcuta 2001 Cúcuta General Santander Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas Deportivo Rionegro Rionegro Alberto Grisales El Cóndor Bogotá El Campincito Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora Popayán Estadio Ciro López Girardot Girardot Luis Antonio Duque Peña Itagüí Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí Lanceros Fair Play Tunja La Independencia Palmira Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León Soledad Soledad Romelio Martínez Categoría Primera B1999 champion Real Cartagena 1st References External links Dimayor official website Category:1999 in Colombian football Colombia Category:Categoría Primera B seasons