Macedonian Vtora Liga

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Македонска Втора Лига Macedonian Second League

Country	Republic of Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1992
Divisions	1
Number of teams	16
Promotion to	Macedonian First League
Relegation to	Macedonian Third League
Levels on pyramid	Level 2
Domestic cup(s)	Macedonian Cup
Current champions	Turnovo (2007-08)
Website	http://www.ffm.com.mk Football Federation of Macedonia

The Macedonian Second League (Macedonian: Македонска Втора Лига - Makedonska Vtora Liga) is the second highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.

The competition will be contested by 16 clubs starting next season, playing each other 2 times over 30 rounds. At the end of the season, the winner of the league along with the 2nd placed team will gain promotion to the Macedonian First League, while the 3rd and 4th placed teams will go into a play-off against the 9th and 10th placed teams in the Macedonian First League. At the end of the season, the bottom 4 teams will be relegated to the Macedonian Third League in order to reduce the teams to 14 in season 2009/10 and 12 teams in 2010/11, while the 12th placed team will play a play-off with one of the 5 winners of the Macedonian Third League.