Categoría Primera B 2012

Torneo Postobón 2012
master	Alianza Petrolera
Climbers	Alianza Petrolera
Relegation ↑	América de Cali (1: 4 and 2: 1 against Cúcuta Deportivo )
Teams	18th
Games	378 + 2 relegation games
Gates	972  (ø 2.57 per game)
Top scorer	Apertura: Jefferson Duque ( Deportivo Rionegro ) Finalización: Andrés Rentería ( Alianza Petrolera )
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The Categoría Primera B 2012 , named after a sponsor Torneo Postobón , was the twenty-third season of the second Colombian division in men's football , which consisted of Apertura and Finalización . It started on January 28, 2012 and ended on December 1. Last year's champion was Deportivo Pasto . Relegated from the first division were Deportivo Pereira and América de Cali .

Champion was Alianza Petrolera , which was able to rise to the first division. The runner-up América de Cali lost in the relegation against Cúcuta Deportivo .

mode

Two tournaments were played, the Apertura and the Finalización . Initially, all 18 teams played against each other in league mode, in addition there was a game day with Clásicos , on which games with a derby character are played. The first eight teams qualified for the semi-final groups, in which two finalists were played in two groups of four teams each, who determined the semi-series champions.

The two semi-series champions played a master who rose directly. The runner-up played a relegation against the penultimate in the first division. If a team had won both half-series, they would automatically have become champions. The next best team in the overall table would have played the relegation. There was no relegation from the second division.

Attendees

The following clubs took part in the two half-series of the 2012 season, Apertura and Finalización . After Centauros Villavicencio's move to Popayán during the previous season, the club now played under the new name Universitario Popayán . The association Pacífico FC moved to Sincelejo and became in Sucre FC renamed. Academia FC only played the first series, for the second series the right to start was sold to Llaneros FC from Villavicencio. Alianza Petrolera was supported by the first division club Atlético Nacional and moved to Guarne during the season, where the administrative headquarters of Atlético Nacional are also located. A change of name to Alianza Oriente was discussed but not implemented.

Barranquilla Sabanalarga Bucaramanga Barrancabermeja Sincelejo Soacha Bogotá Zipaquirá Pereira Popayan Rionegro Cali Santa Marta Tuluá Valledupar Villavicencio Guar

Venues of the Torneo Postobón 2012

team	city	Stadion	capacity
Academia FC 2	Bogotá	Compensar	4500
Alianza Petrolera	Barrancabermeja 1 Bucaramanga guar	Daniel Villa Zapata Alfonso López Diego Palacios Gutiérrez	8000 28,000 1450
America de Cali	Cali	Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	33,130
Barranquilla FC	Barranquilla	Romelio Martínez Metropolitano 4	20,000 46,788
Bogotá FC	Bogotá	Alfonso López Pumarejo Metropolitano de Techo 5	15,000 10,000
Atlético Bucaramanga	Bucaramanga	Alfonso López	28,000
Cortuluá	Tuluá	Doce de Octubre	16,000
Dépor FC	Cali	Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	33,130
Expreso Rojo	Soacha	Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento	8000
Fortaleza FC	Zipaquirá	Municipal Los Zipas	5000
Llaneros FC 3	Bogotá Villavicencio	Compensar Esperanza 3	4500 6000
Unión Magdalena	Santa Marta	Eduardo Santos	22,000
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Hernán Ramírez Villegas	31,192
Universitario Popayán	Popayan	Ciro López	5000
Deportivo Rionegro	Rionegro	Alberto Grisales	14,000
Real Santander	Bucaramanga	Alfonso López	28,000
Sucre FC	Sincelejo	Arturo Cumplido Sierra	5000
Uniautónoma FC	Sabanalarga	Marcos Henríquez	8000
Valledupar FC	Valledupar	Armando Maestre Pavajeau	10,000
1Alianza Petrolera initially played in their own stadium in Barrancabermeja. Because of renovation work, the club then played its home games first in Bucaramanga and then in Guarne, where the headquarters of Atlético Nacional are located, whose financial support Alianza Petrolera received in 2011. 2 Academia FC only took part in the Apertura. 3 Llaneros FC only took part in the Finalización. 4th Barranquilla FC played their home games for a month at Junior's stadium, the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez. 5 Bogotá FC moved within Bogotá at the beginning of the series. 6thLlaneros FC's home stadium in Villavicencio, the Estadio Manuel Calle Lombana, has been remodeled. That is why the club played the first games in the Estadio de Compensar in Bogotá and then in the Estadio La Esperanza in Villavicencio

Aperture

League phase

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	America de Cali (A)	18th	12	2	4th	033:150	+18	38
2.	Cortuluá	18th	9	6th	3	024:140	+10	33
3.	Deportivo Rionegro	18th	9	5	4th	033:190	+14	32
4th	Sucre FC	18th	8th	7th	3	022:180	+4	31
5.	Uniautónoma FC	18th	8th	6th	4th	027:190	+8	30th
6th	Universitario Popayán	18th	9	3	6th	025:180	+7	30th
7th	Unión Magdalena	18th	8th	4th	6th	027:210	+6	28
8th.	Real Santander	18th	8th	3	7th	025:230	+2	27
9.	Fortaleza FC	18th	7th	5	6th	025:260	−1	26th
10.	Valledupar FC	18th	6th	6th	6th	026:280	−2	24
11.	Deportivo Pereira (A)	18th	6th	5	7th	021:230	−2	23
12.	Bogotá FC	18th	5	5	8th	024:340	−10	20th
13.	Academia FC	18th	4th	7th	7th	022:220	± 0	19th
14th	Dépor FC	18th	5	3	10	023:340	−11	18th
15th	Alianza Petrolera	18th	3	8th	7th	019:270	−8	17th
16.	Atlético Bucaramanga	18th	4th	5	9	018:270	−9	17th
17th	Barranquilla FC	18th	4th	4th	10	018:280	−10	16
18th	Expreso Rojo	18th	3	4th	11	008:240	−16	13

	Participation in the group stage
(A)	Relegated from the Categoría Primera A : America de Cali, Deportivo Pereira

Semi-final phase

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	America de Cali	6th	4th	2	0	014: 600	+8	14th
2.	Deportivo Rionegro	6th	2	3	1	011: 800	+3	09
3.	Universitario Popayán	6th	2	0	4th	007: 900	−2	06th
4th	Real Santander	6th	1	1	4th	010:190	−9	04th

	Participation in the finals

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Unión Magdalena	6th	3	2	1	009: 500	+4	11
2.	Uniautónoma FC	6th	2	2	2	007: 700	± 0	08th
3.	Sucre FC	6th	2	1	3	005: 600	−1	07th
4th	Cortuluá	6th	1	3	2	007:100	−3	06th

	Participation in the finals

final

06/27/2012	Santa Marta	Unión Magdalena	-	America de Cali	1: 1 (0: 1)
07/03/2012	Cali	America de Cali	-	Unión Magdalena	1: 1 (0: 0), 5: 4 i. E.
América de Cali became the Apertura champion and qualified for the final.

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Jefferson Duque	Deportivo Rionegro	20th
2.	Michael Barrios	Uniautónoma FC	12
	Sergio Esteban Romero	Real Santander
4th	Paulo César Arango	America de Cali	11
5.	Yuberney Franco	Uniautónoma FC	10
	Luis Ferney Ríos	Real Santander

Finalización

League phase

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Deportivo Pereira (A)	18th	13	4th	1	037:140	+23	43
2.	Alianza Petrolera	18th	10	4th	4th	035:180	+17	34
3.	America de Cali (A)	18th	10	4th	4th	031:180	+13	34
4th	Deportivo Rionegro	18th	9	4th	5	025:190	+6	31
5.	Universitario Popayán	18th	9	3	6th	020:210	−1	30th
6th	Cortuluá	18th	8th	5	5	027:250	+2	29
7th	Uniautónoma FC	18th	6th	9	3	023:200	+3	27
8th.	Atlético Bucaramanga	18th	8th	3	7th	022:240	−2	27
9.	Valledupar FC	18th	6th	7th	5	015:120	+3	25th
10.	Sucre FC	18th	7th	4th	7th	019:220	−3	25th
11.	Bogotá FC	18th	7th	2	9	022:300	−8	23
12.	Unión Magdalena	18th	6th	3	9	019:200	−1	21st
13.	Dépor FC	18th	4th	7th	7th	022:250	−3	19th
14th	Fortaleza FC	18th	5	4th	9	014:180	−4	19th
15th	Expreso Rojo	18th	4th	4th	10	012:180	−6	16
16.	Real Santander	18th	4th	4th	10	022:310	−9	16
17th	Barranquilla FC	18th	4th	3	11	022:370	−15	15th
18th	Llaneros FC	18th	3	4th	11	011:260	−15	13

	Participation in the group stage
(A)	Relegated from the Categoría Primera A : America de Cali, Deportivo Pereira

Semi-final phase

In the event of a tie, the table position of the league phase is decisive.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Deportivo Rionegro	6th	3	0	3	008: 800	± 0	09
2.	Uniautónoma FC	6th	3	0	3	011:110	± 0	09
3.	Deportivo Pereira	6th	2	2	2	007: 800	−1	08th
4th	Cortuluá	6th	2	2	2	008: 700	+1	08th

	Participation in the finals

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Alianza Petrolera	6th	5	0	1	015: 600	+9	15th
2.	America de Cali	6th	3	0	3	006:100	−4	09
3.	Universitario Popayán	6th	3	0	3	009:110	−2	09
4th	Atlético Bucaramanga	6th	1	0	5	005: 800	−3	03

	Participation in the finals

final

11/22/2012	Rionegro	Deportivo Rionegro	-	Alianza Petrolera	0: 1 (0: 1)
11/25/2012	Envigado	Alianza Petrolera	-	Deportivo Rionegro	3: 1 (2: 0)
With that, Alianza Petrolera became master of the finalización and qualified for the final.

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Andrés Rentería	Alianza Petrolera	15th
2.	Carlos Rodas	Cortuluá	12
3.	Luis Fernando Mosquera	Deportivo Pereira	10
	Luis Rios	Real Santander
5.	Harry Castillo	Uniautónoma FC	9
	Luis Enrique Díaz	Bogotá FC
	José Izquierdo	Deportivo Pereira

final

11/28/2012	Envigado	Alianza Petrolera	-	America de Cali	2: 1 (0: 0)
December 01, 2012	Cali	America de Cali	-	Alianza Petrolera	1: 0 (1: 0), 3: 4 i. E.
Alianza Petrolera became champion and rose to the Categoría Primera A.

Relegation

December 07, 2012	Cali	America de Cali	-	Cúcuta Deportivo	1: 4 (0: 1)
12/12/2012	Cúcuta	Cúcuta Deportivo	-	America de Cali	1: 2 (1: 0)
Cúcuta Deportivo remained in the Categoría Primera A and América de Cali in the Categoría Primera B.

Overall table

For the Reclasificación , all games of the 2012 season, both the league and the semi-finals as well as the finals, were added together. It would have been important if one team had won both half-series. Then the next best team in the overall table would have played the relegation.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	America de Cali	52	30th	10	12	089:520	+37	100
2.	Deportivo Rionegro	50	23	12	15th	080:580	+22	81
3.	Cortuluá	48	20th	16	12	066:560	+10	76
4th	Alianza Petrolera	46	21st	12	13	075:540	+21	75
5.	Universitario Popayán	48	23	6th	19th	061:590	+2	75
6th	Deportivo Pereira	42	21st	11	10	065:450	+20	74
7th	Uniautónoma FC	48	19th	17th	12	068:570	+11	74
8th.	Sucre FC	42	17th	12	13	046:460	± 0	63
9.	Unión Magdalena	44	17th	11	16	057:480	+9	62
10.	Valledupar FC	36	12	13	11	041:400	+1	49
11.	Real Santander	42	13	8th	21st	057:730	−16	47
12.	Atlético Bucaramanga	42	13	8th	21st	044:600	−16	47
12.	Fortaleza FC	36	12	9	15th	039:440	−5	45
14th	Bogotá FC	36	12	7th	17th	046:640	−18	43
15th	Dépor FC	36	9	10	17th	045:590	−14	37
16.	Llaneros FC	36	7th	11	18th	033:500	−17	32
17th	Barranquilla FC	36	8th	7th	21st	040:650	−25	31
18th	Expreso Rojo	36	7th	8th	21st	020:420	−22	29

Web links

• Official website of the Dimayor
• Official website of the Torneo Postobón

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sí se llama: Universitario Popayán ( Memento of the original of November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ “La solicitud de Sucre FC ha sido aprobada” ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Academia jugará en Villavicencio y se llamará Llaneros Fútbol Club ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Alianza Petrolera tendrá acento paisa en la temporada 2011

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} For safety reasons, Alianza Petrolera did not play the finals in Guarne, but in Envigado.