Moldova's Soccer Championship starts tomorrow

Moldova's Football Championship, the 2008-2009edition, starts on July 2. The chairman of the Moldovan Football Federation (MFF), Pavel Ciobanu, told a news conference on Tuesday that 11 teams would participate, not 12 as initially planned. Under these circumstances by a team will rest during each leg, Info-Prim Neo reports. Politehnica Chisinau is the team having announced it withdraws because it sticked together with FC Academia Chisinau, he said. Those 11squads will play 30 matches. MFF has allowed each club to establish its playing hours. Dacia Chisinau, FC Tiraspol, Olimpia Balti, Iskra-Stal Rabnita, Zimbru Chisinau, Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol, Dinamo Bender, Nistru Otaci, CSCA-Steaua Chisinau, Sheriff Tiraspol and Academia Chisinau will fight with one another. In Chisinau the matches will be plaid on two stadiums: Zimbru and Dinamo. According to the championship regulation, as many as 8 foreign players are allowed to enter the field during the soccer season.