The 2024 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2024 Torneo BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 35th season of the Categoría Primera B since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. The season began on 2 February and ended on 14 December 2024.
Unión Magdalena were the champions, winning their second Primera B title and promoting to Categoría Primera A after defeating Llaneros on penalties in the season's grand final following a 1–1 draw on aggregate. Llaneros also promoted at the end of the season, after ending the season as runners-up and also topping the season's aggregate table.
Teams 16 teams took part in the season. The previous season's champions Patriotas and runners-up Fortaleza were promoted to Primera A for the 2024 season, being replaced in Primera B for this season by Unión Magdalena and Atlético Huila, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 2023 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the top tier's relegation table.
On 12 December 2023 the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved a request from Cortuluá to change their home stadium for this season, moving to Palmira after one season in Yumbo, Valle del Cauca Department. On 10 January 2024, Cortuluá was rebranded as Internacional F.C. de Palmira. In addition to this, starting from this season Real Soacha Cundinamarca left Soacha and was rebranded to Real Cundinamarca, temporarily moving to Bogotá and playing its home matches at Parque Estadio Olaya Herrera.
ClubCityStadiumCapacity Atlético Cali Pascual Guerrero 38,588 Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 12,000 Barranquilla Barranquilla Romelio Martínez 11,000 Boca Juniors de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 38,588 Bogotá Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 10,000 Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander 42,901 Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 20,716 Inter Palmira Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar 15,300 Itagüí Leones Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí 12,000 Llaneros Villavicencio Bello Horizonte – Rey Pelé 15,000 Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar 15,300 Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León 16,068 Real Cundinamarca Bogotá Parque Estadio Olaya Herrera 2,500 Real Santander Piedecuesta Villa Concha 5,500 Tigres Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 10,000 Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Sierra Nevada 16,000
Torneo I First stage Standings
Results
Semi-finals The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals.
Group A
Group B
Finals
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Llaneros won on penalties.
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Juan SalcedoOrsomarso 10 2 Andrés CarreñoUnión Magdalena 9 Lucas FaríasAtlético Huila Alexis SernaDeportes Quindío 5 Jonathan AgudeloCúcuta Deportivo 8 6 Miguel MurilloReal Cartagena 7 7 Julián AnguloCúcuta Deportivo 6 Jhon CabalReal Cundinamarca Robert LaraTigres Arney RochaReal Cundinamarca Kalazán SuárezInter Palmira Cristian VergaraBogotá
Source: Soccerway
Torneo II First stage Standings
Results
Semi-finals The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals.
Group A
Group B
Finals
Unión Magdalena won 5–1 on aggregate.
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Néider OspinaLlaneros 10 Jannenson SarmientoUnión Magdalena 3 Michell RamosCúcuta Deportivo 9 4 Wilfrido de La RosaReal Cartagena 8 5 José AndradeBoca Juniors de Cali 7 Cristian VergaraBogotá 7 Ruyery BlancoUnión Magdalena 6 Juan SalcedoReal Cartagena Valentín SánchezUnión Magdalena 10 Juan Fernando CaicedoLlaneros 5 Brayan CastroBogotá Geovan MontesLlaneros Arney RochaReal Cundinamarca
Source: Soccerway
Grand Final
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Unión Magdalena won on penalties.
Aggregate table
Promotion play-off Since the season runners-up Llaneros also ended up as the best-placed team in the aggregate table, they earned automatic promotion to Categoría Primera A and the promotion play-off was not played.
See also 2024 Categoría Primera A season 2024 Copa Colombia
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