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The 1997 Categoría Primera B season, (officially known as the 1997 Copa Concasa for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season of Colombia's second division football league. Atlético Huila won the tournament for the second time and was promoted to the Categoría Primera A. John Jairo Quiñónez, playing for Real Cartagena, was the topscorer with 13 goals.[1][2]
Season | 1997 |
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Champions | Atlético Huila (2nd title) |
Promoted | Atlético Huila |
Relegated | Alianza Llanos |
Top goalscorer | John Jairo Quiñónez (13 goals) |
← 1996–97 1998 → |
16 teams take part in the season. The previous season's champions Deportivo Unicosta was promoted to Primera A for the 1997 season, being replaced in Primera B for this season by Cúcuta Deportivo, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 1996–97 season after finishing in the bottom of the top tier's relegation table. After finishing last in the 1996–97 season, River Plate was relegated to Categoría Primera C. Independiente Popayán did not take part of the tournament. Atlético Buenaventura was accepted again by DIMAYOR to compete in the tournament, after three years without competing. Real Floridablanca was the only debuting team for this season.
Team | City | Stadium |
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Alianza Llanos | Villavicencio | Manuel Calle Lombana |
Alianza Petrolera | Barrancabermeja | Daniel Villa Zapata |
Atlético Buenaventura | Buenaventura | Marino Klinger |
Atlético Córdoba | Cereté | Alberto Saibis Saker |
Atlético Huila | Neiva | Guillermo Plazas Alcid |
Bello | Bello | Tulio Ospina |
Cooperamos Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro |
Cúcuta Deportivo | Cúcuta | General Santander |
Deportivo Antioquia | Itagüí | Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí |
Deportivo Pasto | Pasto | Departamental Libertad |
Deportivo Rionegro | Rionegro | Alberto Grisales |
El Cóndor | Bogotá | El Campincito |
Girardot | Girardot | Luis Antonio Duque Peña |
Lanceros Boyacá | Tunja | La Independencia |
Real Cartagena | Cartagena | Jaime Morón León |
Real Floridablanca | Floridablanca | Álvaro Gómez Hurtado |
Categoría Primera B 1997 champion |
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Atlético Huila 2nd title |
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