Euro 2020 –All you need to know about penalties at previous Euro tournaments

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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 Zinedine Zidane, France (2000, 2004)

Alan Shearer scored 2 goals on penalities in Euro 1996 and Euro 2000

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 Stojkovic, France 2-1 Yugoslavia (scored, 19/06/1984)

Oldest EURO penalty taker

38 years 257 days Ivica Vastic, 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%)

Robbie Brady of Republic of Ireland scored the Earliest Euro penalty against France in 2016

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

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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

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Zinedine Zidane scored on penalty in extra time against England at Euro 2004

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), Zinedine 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	Rene 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 Ivkovic	Scored
13	19/06/1984	Frank Arnesen	Denmark	Belgium	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Scored
14	19/06/1984	Dragan Stojkovic	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 Ladic	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	Zinedine 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	Zinedine Zidane	France	England	David James	Scored
45	14/06/2004	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Sweden	Bulgaria	Zdravko Zdravkov	Scored
46	17/06/2004	Milan Rapaic	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 Modric	Croatia	Austria	Jürgen Macho	Scored
51	12/06/2008	Ivica Vastic	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	Gregory 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 Subašic	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 Subašic	Saved
65	22/06/2016	Aleksandar Dragovic	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

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