The possibilities of Cucuta to return to professionalism without going through the second division

Criticism of the directors of the Major Division of Colombian Professional Football does not stop. The football break due to Colombia's legislative elections in the period 2022 - 2026 envisioned the management problems after a second division final was held with both clubs (Unión Magdalena and Cortuluá) already promoted to the BetPlay Dimayor 2022 League.

The problem in the governing body of Colombian football was highlighted by former journalist Iván Mejía when he complained that the investigation against Llaneros FC was being closed in Dimayor for the alleged fixing of Unión Magdalena that damaged the promotion of Fortaleza CEIF, as well as the rumor that the president of the entity, Fernando Jaramillo Giraldo, were to resign in case Cucuta returned to national football:

Well, precisely from the environment of the motilón squad they say that the team (today chaired by José Augusto Cadena) would return to the top category of Colombian football for the following season.

In the northern capital of Santander they trust that their club returned to the first division without having to fight for promotion, as the teams of the BetPlay Tournament have traditionally done. However, this situation would not be welcomed by a group of clubs that would decide in a vote for the future of the Cucuteño team.

However, the decision to reinstate Cucuta into the A depends directly on the vote of the other 35 clubs that make up the organization. From the outset, Cucuta Deportivo would have 16 votes against in the decisive assemblies of Dimayor.

There are historic Colombian professional football clubs that are in the second category and that do not see the return of the North Santander team to the A fair, without the sports merit.

However, it should be remembered that Cucuta played his last professional match on November 6, 2020 at the Alberto Grisales stadium against Rionegro Águilas on the 18th date of the BetPlay 2020 League, when there was only one edition of the championship.

After that, the team left the championship and Dimayor immediately disaffiliated it in the face of economic insolvency and debts for which the Superintendency of Companies referred the club from a process of corporate reorganization to a liquidation one.

The discussion of the new category of Cucuta is open and in this way everything will be resolved at the general assembly of this Thursday, March 16, in which the decision will be known to give a definitive answer about the future of Cucuta Deportivo, a club that ultimately did not change its record at Dimayor to that of Alianza Petrolera moving to Barrancabermeja, but will appeal to recover what it already had in the border city and without having to change its name by committing to pay its obligations and officiating as a venue at the General Santander stadium.

At the same time, the fans of the team that also lost sports recognition by the Colombian Ministry of Sport are hoping to return to official matches regardless of category, since historically, the city has always supported its team and is one of the best football places in the country, for example when the team won in 2006 with D.T. Jorge Luis Pinto and when it was semifinalist in the 2007 Copa Libertadores with coach Jorge Luis Bernal.

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