2000 Categoría Primera B season

Categoría Primera B 2000 Deportivo Pereira (1st title) Deportivo Pereira Cooperamos Tolima 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.Colombia 2000 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col00.html 21 July 2024Colombian League Top Scorers Second Level RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col2tops.html 21 July 2024 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 B2000 champion Deportivo Pereira 1st References External links Dimayor official website Category:2000 in Colombian football Colombia Category:Categoría Primera B seasons