2002 Categoría Primera B season

Categoría Primera B 2002 Centauros Villavicencio (1st title) Centauros Villavicencio Freddy Guirán (17 goals) 2001 2003 The 2002 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 2002 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of Colombia's second division football league. Centauros Villavicencio won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. After expanding the number of Primera A teams from 16 to 18, DIMAYOR organised a special promotion tournament, where the top two teams were promoted. Freddy Guirán, playing for Alianza Petrolera, was the topscorer with 17 goals.Colombia 2002 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col02.html 1 September 2024Colombian League Top Scorers Second Level RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col2tops.html 1 September 2024 Teams 14 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Deportes Quindío was promoted to Primera A for the 2002 season. Unión Magdalena was also promoted after winning the special promotion tournament.http://bestiariodelbalon.com/2006/10/23/362/ Spanish bestiariodelbalon.com 23 October 2006 9 April 2019 Especiales del Bestiario: triangular pirata, Cartagena 2001 No team was relegated from Primera A at the end of the 2001 season due to the expansion of the number of teams from 16 to 18. Atlético Barranquilla, Expreso Palmira and Unión Soacha did not take part of the tournament. Club Fair Play is renamed as Chía Fair Play and El Cóndor is renamed as Cóndor Real Bogotá. Centauros Villavicencio, Dimerco Popayán and Pumas de Casanare were the debuting teams for this season. Team City Stadium Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata Bello Bello Tulio Ospina Centauros Villavicencio Villavicencio Manuel Calle Lombana Chía Fair Play Chía La Luna Chicó Zipaquirá Los Zipas Cóndor Real Bogotá Bogotá El Campincito Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander Deportivo Rionegro Rionegro Alberto Grisales Dimerco Popayán Popayán Ciro López El Cerrito El Cerrito Alfredo Vásquez Cobo Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora Cali Pascual Guerrero Girardot Girardot Luis Antonio Duque Peña Itagüí Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí Pumas de Casanare Yopal Pier Lora Muñoz Categoría Primera B2002 champion Centauros Villavicencio 1st References External links Dimayor official website Category:2002 in Colombian football Colombia Category:Categoría Primera B seasons