UPDATE 4-Soccer-Real Madrid sack title-winning coach Capello

(Adding Capello background details)

By Mark Elkington and Simon Baskett

MADRID, June 28 (Reuters) - Real Madrid sacked coach Fabio Capello on Thursday, 11 days after he led them to their first Primera Liga title in four years.

The 61-year-old Italian, who also won the league title with Real in the 1996-97 season during his first spell at the club, had two years left to run on his contract which Spanish media reported was worth 9.0 million euros ($12.10 million).

"We have taken the decision not to continue with Fabio Capello next season," said Real Madrid sporting director Predrag Mijatovic.

"It was a difficult decision, but it was a unanimous one based on an exhaustive report I made to the board.

"We don't think Fabio Capello is the right person to lead Real Madrid into the future given what we want this club to achieve.

"We have evaluated all he did as coach. He worked under enormous pressure and achieved an important result in winning the title.

"But we have to have a little more than Fabio Capello gave us this year. We always have to look for people who can give us more than just results.