Moscow - Spartak Moscow have sacked their Danish coach Michael Laudrup after just seven months due to poor results, the Russian football club announced on Thursday.

Laudrup, 44, who took the Spartak job in September 2008, had to leave the day after Spartak lost a cup match 3-0 against Dynamo Moscow, with manager Valeri Karpin now acting as caretaker.

Spartak finished a modest eighth last season and also had a poor start into the domestic league with one win from four games for 10th place.

Laudrup won 104 caps for Denmark during his playing career. His other coaching jobs were at Brondby Copenhagen and Spain's Getafe. (dpa)