News.ssport.net (Jul 09)  Macedonia -- The executive committee of the Macedonian Football Union has made some significant rule changes for next season.

The Macedonian Premier League will now comprise 12 teams and the season will be split into two halves. In the first half, the teams will play each other home and away. In the second half, they play each other once more, with the higher placed sides enjoying home advantage in more games. At the end of the season two teams will be relegated from the first division and two will be promoted from the second.

The executive committee has also decided that second division teams cannot have foreign players in their squads.