1998 Categoría Primera B season

The 1998 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 1998 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th season of Colombia's second division football league. Deportivo Pasto won the tournament for the first time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. Nilson Pérez, playing for Deportivo Rionegro, was the topscorer with 20 goals.[1][2]

Categoría Primera B
Season1998
ChampionsDeportivo Pasto (1st title)
PromotedDeportivo Pasto
RelegatedReal Floridablanca
Top goalscorerNilson Pérez (20 goals)
1997
1999

Teams

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16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Atlético Huila was promoted to Primera A for the 1998 season, being replaced in Primera B for this season by Deportivo Pereira, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 1997 season after finishing in the bottom of the top tier's relegation table. After finishing last in the 1997 season, Alianza Llanos was relegated to Categoría Primera C and was replaced by Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora, champions of the 1997 Primera C. Atlético Buenaventura did not take part of the tournament. Deportivo Antioquia changed its name to Itagüí F.C.. Univalle was the only debuting team for this season.

Team City Stadium
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata
Atlético Córdoba Cereté Alberto Saibis Saker
Bello Bello Tulio Ospina
Cooperamos Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad
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 Boyacá Tunja La Independencia
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León
Real Floridablanca Floridablanca Álvaro Gómez Hurtado
Univalle Jamundí Cacique Jamundí


 Categoría Primera B
1998 champion 
Deportivo Pasto
1st title

References

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  1. ^ "Colombia 1998". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Colombian League Top Scorers Second Level". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
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