EURO penalties: All you need to know
Monday 11 May 2020
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Who has scored and saved the most? Youngest, oldest? Right foot, left foot? Look away, Spain fans.
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All-time EURO penalties
70 penalties awarded (286 games)
52 scored (74%)
13 saved (19%)
5 missed (7%)
Players
Most EURO penalties converted
2 Alan Shearer, England (1996, 2000)
2 Bogdan Stancu, Romania (2016)
2 Frank Arnesen, Denmark (1984)
2 Gaizka Mendieta, Spain (2000)
2 Zinédine Zidane, France (2000, 2004)
Most EURO penalties faced
5 Fabien Barthez, France (2000, 2004) 3 conceded, 1 saved, 1 missed
3 Gianluigi Buffon, Italy (2004, 2008, 2012) 2 conceded, 1 saved
3 Harald Schumacher, Germany (1980, 1984) 2 conceded, 1 saved
3 Hugo Lloris, France (2012, 2016) 3 conceded
3 Manuel Neuer, Germany (2012, 2016) 3 conceded
Best record facing EURO penalties
2/2 Francesco Toldo, Italy (2000) 1 saved, 1 missed
Most penalties in one EURO game
2 Dani, Spain 1-2 England, 18/06/1980 (1 scored, 1 saved)
Penalties in successive EURO games
2 Frank Arnesen, Denmark vs Yugoslavia (scored, 16/06/1984), Belgium (scored, 19/06/1984)
2 Gaizka Mendieta, Spain vs Yugoslavia (scored, 21/06/2000), France (scored, 25/06/2000)
2 Bogdan Stancu, Romania vs France (scored, 10/07/2016), Switzerland (scored, 15/07/2016)
Youngest EURO penalty taker
19 years 108 days Dragan Stojković, France 2-1 Yugoslavia (scored, 19/06/1984)
Oldest EURO penalty taker
38 years 257 days Ivica Vastić, Austria 1-1 Poland (scored, 12/06/2008)
Right or left footed?
Right-footed
55 penalties
40 scored (73%)
11 saved (20%)
4 missed (7%)
Left-footed
15 penalties
12 scored (80%)
2 saved (13%)
1 missed (7%)
Earliest EURO penalty
2 mins Robbie Brady (Republic of Ireland 1-2 France, 26/06/2016)
Win, lose or draw?
When converted
Wins 24 (46%)
Draws 10 (19%)
Losses 18 (35%)
When missed/saved
Wins 3 (17%)
Draws 4 (22%)
Losses 11 (61%)
No side has ever missed (i.e. put wide or over) a penalty and won a EURO game.
Teams
Most EURO penalties awarded
10 Spain
7 Netherlands
4 England
4 France
4 Czech Republic
4 Germany
4 Romania
4 Italy
Most EURO penalties conceded
11 Germany
10 France
6 England
5 Italy
Team by team EURO penalty conversion rates
Austria 1/2
Belgium 1/1
Bulgaria 2/2
Croatia 3/3
Czech Republic 3/4
Denmark 2/2
England 3/4
France 4/4
Germany 3/4
Greece 2/3
Hungary 2/3
Iceland 1/1
Italy 3/4
Netherlands 5/7
Portugal 0/1
Republic of Ireland 1/1
Romania 3/4
Russia 1/1
Scotland 1/2
Serbia 1/1
Spain 5/10
Sweden 3/3
Switzerland 2/2
Turkey 0/1
Most penalties in one EURO game
2 Spain 1-2 England, 18/06/1980 – Dani scored (48), Dani saved (52)
2 West Germany 1-2 Netherlands, 21/06/1988 – Lothar Matthäus scored (55), Ronald Koeman scored (74)
2 Romania 3-2 England, 20/06/2000 – Alan Shearer scored (41), Ionel Ganea scored (89)
2 Spain 1-2 France, 25/06/2000 – Gaizka Mendieta scored (38), Raúl González missed (90)
2 Netherlands 0-0 Italy, 29/06/2000 – Frank de Boer saved (38), Patrick Kluivert missed (62)
2 France 2-1 England, 13/06/2004 – David Beckham saved (73), Zinédine Zidane scored (90+3)
EURO penalties by round
Group stage
46 awarded (204 games)
35 scored (76%)
9 saved (20%)
2 missed (4%)
Round of 16
3 awarded (8 games)
2 scored (67%)
1 saved (33%)
Quarter-final
7 awarded (24 games)
5 scored (71%)
1 saved (14%)
1 missed (14%)
Semi-final
10 awarded (28 games)
6 scored (60%)
2 saved (20%)
2 missed (20%)
Third-place play-off
2 awarded (6 games)
2 scored (100%)
Final
2 awarded (16 games)
2 scored (100%)
Every EURO penalty
No. | Date | Taker | For | Against | Goalkeeper | Scored? |
1 | 06/07/1960 | Josef Vojta | Czechoslovakia | USSR | Lev Yashin | Missed |
2 | 20/06/1964 | Dezsö Novák | Hungary | Denmark | Leif Nielsen | Scored |
3 | 14/06/1972 | Sándor Zámbö | Hungary | USSR | Evgeni Rudakov | Saved |
4 | 17/06/1972 | Lajos Kü | Hungary | Belgium | Christian Piot | Scored |
5 | 11/06/1980 | Kees Kist | Netherlands | Greece | Vasilis Konstantinou | Scored |
6 | 14/06/1980 | Johnny Rep | Netherlands | West Germany | Harald Schumacher | Scored |
7 | 18/06/1980 | Dani | Spain | England | Ray Clemence | Scored |
8 | 18/06/1980 | Dani | Spain | England | Ray Clemence | Saved |
9 | 22/06/1980 | René Vandereycken | Belgium | West Germany | Harald Schumacher | Scored |
10 | 14/06/1984 | Lobo Carrasco | Spain | Romania | Silviu Lung | Scored |
11 | 16/06/1984 | Michel Platini | France | Belgium | Jean-Marie Pfaff | Scored |
12 | 16/06/1984 | Frank Arnesen | Denmark | Yugoslavia | Tomislav Ivković | Scored |
13 | 19/06/1984 | Frank Arnesen | Denmark | Belgium | Jean-Marie Pfaff | Scored |
14 | 19/06/1984 | Dragan Stojković | Yugoslavia | France | Joël Bats | Scored |
15 | 20/06/1984 | Lobo Carrasco | Spain | West Germany | Harald Schumacher | Saved |
16 | 11/06/1988 | Míchel | Spain | Denmark | Troels Rasmussen | Saved |
17 | 21/06/1988 | Lothar Matthäus | West Germany | Netherlands | Hans van Breukelen | Scored |
18 | 21/06/1988 | Ronald Koeman | Netherlands | West Germany | Eike Immel | Scored |
19 | 12/06/1992 | Igor Dobrovolskiy | CIS | Germany | Bodo Illgner | Scored |
20 | 18/06/1992 | Gary McAllister | Scotland | CIS | Dmitri Kharin | Scored |
21 | 21/06/1992 | Tomas Brolin | Sweden | Germany | Bodo Illgner | Scored |
22 | 08/06/1996 | Kübilay Türkyilmaz | Switzerland | England | David Seaman | Scored |
23 | 09/06/1996 | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | Spain | Andoni Zubizarreta | Scored |
24 | 15/06/1996 | Gary McAllister | Scotland | England | David Seaman | Saved |
25 | 16/06/1996 | Davor Šuker | Croatia | Denmark | Peter Schmeichel | Scored |
26 | 18/06/1996 | Alan Shearer | England | Netherlands | Edwin van der Sar | Scored |
27 | 19/06/1996 | Gianfranco Zola | Italy | Germany | Andreas Köpke | Saved |
28 | 23/06/1996 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | Croatia | Dražen Ladić | Scored |
29 | 30/06/1996 | Patrik Berger | Czech Republic | Germany | Andreas Köpke | Scored |
30 | 11/06/2000 | Filippo Inzaghi | Italy | Turkey | Rüştü Reçber | Scored |
31 | 11/06/2000 | Frank de Boer | Netherlands | Czech Republic | Pavel Srníček | Scored |
32 | 16/06/2000 | Karel Poborský | Czech Republic | France | Fabien Barthez | Scored |
33 | 20/06/2000 | Alan Shearer | England | Romania | Bogdan Stelea | Scored |
34 | 20/06/2000 | Ionel Ganea | Romania | England | Nigel Martyn | Scored |
35 | 21/06/2000 | Gaizka Mendieta | Spain | Yugoslavia | Ivica Kralj | Scored |
36 | 24/06/2000 | Arif Erdem | Turkey | Portugal | Vítor Baía | Saved |
37 | 25/06/2000 | Gaizka Mendieta | Spain | France | Fabien Barthez | Scored |
38 | 25/06/2000 | Raúl González | Spain | France | Fabien Barthez | Missed |
39 | 28/06/2000 | Zinédine Zidane | France | Portugal | Vítor Baía | Scored |
40 | 29/06/2000 | Frank de Boer | Netherlands | Italy | Francesco Toldo | Saved |
41 | 29/06/2000 | Patrick Kluivert | Netherlands | Italy | Francesco Toldo | Missed |
42 | 12/06/2004 | Angelos Basinas | Greece | Portugal | Ricardo | Scored |
43 | 13/06/2004 | David Beckham | England | France | Fabien Barthez | Saved |
44 | 13/06/2004 | Zinédine Zidane | France | England | David James | Scored |
45 | 14/06/2004 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | Bulgaria | Zdravko Zdravkov | Scored |
46 | 17/06/2004 | Milan Rapaić | Croatia | France | Fabien Barthez | Scored |
47 | 22/06/2004 | Martin Petrov | Bulgaria | Italy | Gianluigi Buffon | Scored |
48 | 22/06/2004 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Denmark | Thomas Sørensen | Scored |
49 | 23/06/2004 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | Latvia | Aleksandrs Koļinko | Scored |
50 | 08/06/2008 | Luka Modrić | Croatia | Austria | Jürgen Macho | Scored |
51 | 12/06/2008 | Ivica Vastić | Austria | Poland | Artur Boruc | Scored |
52 | 13/06/2008 | Adrian Mutu | Romania | Italy | Gianluigi Buffon | Saved |
53 | 15/06/2008 | Hakan Yakin | Switzerland | Portugal | Ricardo | Scored |
54 | 17/06/2008 | Andrea Pirlo | Italy | France | Grégory Coupet | Scored |
55 | 08/06/2012 | Giorgos Karagounis | Greece | Poland | Przemysław Tytoń | Saved |
56 | 22/06/2012 | Dimitris Salpingidis | Greece | Germany | Manuel Neuer | Scored |
57 | 23/06/2012 | Xabi Alonso | Spain | France | Hugo Lloris | Scored |
58 | 28/06/2012 | Mesut Özil | Germany | Italy | Gianluigi Buffon | Scored |
59 | 10/06/2016 | Bogdan Stancu | Romania | France | Hugo Lloris | Scored |
60 | 15/06/2016 | Bogdan Stancu | Romania | Switzerland | Yann Sommer | Scored |
61 | 17/06/2016 | Tomáš Necid | Czech Republic | Croatia | Danijel Subašić | Scored |
62 | 18/06/2016 | Gylfi Sigurdsson | Iceland | Hungary | Gábor Király | Scored |
63 | 18/06/2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Austria | Robert Almer | Missed |
64 | 21/06/2016 | Sergio Ramos | Spain | Croatia | Danijel Subašić | Saved |
65 | 22/06/2016 | Aleksandar Dragović | Austria | Iceland | Hannes Halldórsson | Missed |
66 | 26/06/2016 | Mesut Özil | Germany | Slovakia | Matúš Kozáčik | Saved |
67 | 26/06/2016 | Robbie Brady | Republic of Ireland | France | Hugo Lloris | Scored |
68 | 27/06/2016 | Wayne Rooney | England | Iceland | Hannes Halldórsson | Scored |
69 | 02/07/2016 | Leonardo Bonucci | Italy | Germany | Manuel Neuer | Scored |
70 | 07/07/2016 | Antoine Griezmann | France | Germany | Manuel Neuer | Scored |