England Penalty Shoot Outs

  • The inaugural penalty shoot-out involving England occurred during the World Cup '90 semi-final against Germany. Officially termed "Kicks from the penalty mark," these shoot-outs are governed by rule 10 of the game, as established by the rule-making body IFAB. They are primarily employed in competitions where a decisive outcome must be determined on the day. The concept of penalty shoot-outs was first introduced at a major tournament during the 1976 European Championship.
    Before the introduction of penalty shoot-outs, matches typically resulted in replays a few days after a draw, or in cases like the Home Championship, the title was shared. However, contemporary football necessitates a clear victor. Despite this, there's debate over whether winning via penalties constitutes a full victory; even FIFA's ranking system doesn't award full points to teams winning on penalties.
    As a response, we've opted to classify games that go to penalty shoot-outs as draws. While some may view this as a strategic move to soften the blow of England's historic struggles in shoot-outs, it's worth noting that England's penalty-taking prowess has improved. Additionally, the victor of a shoot-out advances to the next round or is crowned champions, while the loser receives nothing. Considering the exhaustive effort both teams put forth during 120 minutes of play before the uncertain outcome of penalties, we believe acknowledging a draw honors the efforts of both sides.

England Penalty Shoot Out Takers

England Penalty Shoot Outs by Competition

    • Type
    • Total
    • Scored
    • Missed
    • Conversion %
    • World Cup Finals
    • 19
    • 11
    • 8
    • 57.9%
    • European Championship Finals
    • 26
    • 18
    • 8
    • 69.2%
    • King Hassan II Tournament
    • 5
    • 3
    • 2
    • 60%
    • UEFA Nations League
    • 6
    • 6
    • 0
    • 100%
    • Total
    • 56
    • 38
    • 18
    • 67.9%

Penalty Shoot Outs by Result

      • England
      • Penalty Result
      • Scored
      • 38
      • Saved
      • 14
      • Shoots Over
      • 2
      • Hit Bar
      • 1
      • Hit Post
      • 1
      • Opposition
      • Penalty Result
      • Scored
      • 41
      • Hit Bar
      • 2
      • Saved
      • 8
      • Shoots Over
      • 1
      • Hit Post
      • 1
      • Shoots Wide
      • 1

Full List - 113 Penalties Taken - 56 England - 57 Opposition

  • Penalty Shootout: England 3-4 West Germany, 4th Jul 1990 at Stadio delle Alpi, Turin (WCF)
  • 1 - West Germany Gary Lineker - Thumped low to Illgner's left. The keeper goes the wrong way.
  • 1 - XoppnameX Andreas Brehme - Similar to Lineker's penalty but more placed into the corner than with speed. Shilton guesses right but it's well out of his reach.
  • 2 - XoppnameX Peter Beardsley - High to Illgner's left. No chance.
  • 2 - XoppnameX Lothar Matthäus - Another thumping into the side netting to Shilton's right. No chance.
  • 3 - XoppnameX David Platt - Passed into the middle of the net to Illgner's right. The keeper gets a hand to it but he can't keep it out.
  • 3 - XoppnameX Karl-Heinz Riedle - Similar to Beardsley's penalty. High to Shilton's left. No chance.
  • 4 - XoppnameX Stuart Pearce - Thumped down the middle, Illgner had dived to his right but managed to get his left knee in the way. Hit with such force the ball ricochets all the way back to the centre circle.
  • 4 - XoppnameX Olaf Thon - Passed into the net to Shilton's left. The keeper takes a small step to his right in anticipation, which his undoing, and then throws himself to the left but somehow is nowhere near it.
  • 5 - XoppnameX Chris Waddle - Ballooned over the bar with such force it probably is still going.
  • Penalty Shootout: England 4-2 Spain, 22nd Jun 1996 at Wembley Stadium, London (ECF)
  • 1 - Spain Alan Shearer
  • 1 - XoppnameX Fernando Hierro - Hit the bar
  • 2 - XoppnameX David Platt
  • 2 - XoppnameX Guillermo Amor
  • 3 - XoppnameX Stuart Pearce
  • 3 - XoppnameX Alberto Belsué
  • 4 - XoppnameX Paul Gascoigne
  • 4 - XoppnameX Miguel Ángel Nadal - Saved by Seaman
  • Penalty Shootout: England 5-6 Germany, 26th Jun 1996 at Wembley Stadium, London (ECF)
  • 1 - Germany Alan Shearer
  • 1 - XoppnameX Thomas Häßler
  • 2 - XoppnameX David Platt
  • 2 - XoppnameX Thomas Strunz
  • 3 - XoppnameX Stuart Pearce
  • 3 - XoppnameX Stefan Reuter
  • 4 - XoppnameX Paul Gascoigne
  • 4 - XoppnameX Christian Ziege
  • 5 - XoppnameX Teddy Sheringham
  • 5 - XoppnameX Stefan Kuntz
  • 6 - XoppnameX Gareth Southgate - Saved by Kopke
  • 6 - XoppnameX Andreas Möller
  • Penalty Shootout: England 3-4 Belgium, 29th May 1998 at Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca (KHT)
  • 1 - Belgium Eric Van Meir
  • 1 - XoppnameX Rob Lee - Saved by van der Walle
  • 2 - XoppnameX Vital Borkelmans
  • 2 - XoppnameX Michael Owen
  • 3 - XoppnameX Mbo Mpenza
  • 3 - XoppnameX David Beckham
  • 4 - XoppnameX Enzo Scifo - Saved by Martyn
  • 4 - XoppnameX Paul Merson
  • 5 - XoppnameX Philippe Vande Walle
  • 5 - XoppnameX Les Ferdinand - Saved van der Walle against the post and out.
  • Penalty Shootout: England 3-4 Argentina, 30th Jun 1998 at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne (WCF)
  • 1 - Argentina Sergio Berti - Low to Seaman's left who guesses right but it's out of his reach.
  • 1 - XoppnameX Alan Shearer - High into the roof of the net to Roa's right. No chance.
  • 2 - XoppnameX Hernán Crespo - Saved by David Seaman who dives to his left and palms the ball out at a nice height.
  • 2 - XoppnameX Paul Ince - Saved by Carlos Roa. Almost a carbon copy of the previous penalty. Comfortable for Roa.
  • 3 - XoppnameX Juan Sebastián Verón - Another carbon copy, this time of Shearer's penalty. High to Seaman's right; no chance.
  • 3 - XoppnameX Paul Merson - Similar to Shearer's and Veron's but wider and lower. Roa gets a hand to it.
  • 4 - XoppnameX Marcelo Gallardo - Low to Seaman's right who gets a hand on it too.
  • 4 - XoppnameX Michael Owen - High to Roa's left, it actually hits the post before going in. Roa was going the other way.
  • 5 - XoppnameX Roberto Ayala - Passed into Seaman's bottom left corner who goes the right way but it's beyond him.
  • 5 - XoppnameX David Batty - Saved by Carlos Roa, an easy height to his right.
  • Penalty Shootout: England 5-6 Portugal, 24th Jun 2004 at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon (ECF)
  • 1 - Portugal David Beckham - His standing foot gets too close to the ball which makes it move on the fragile pile of sand which is the penalty spot, just before his right foot balloons it over. You could argue, as Beckham does, that the state of the penalty spot is terrible but it's the same for everyone. In truth a poor penalty.
  • 1 - XoppnameX Deco - Deco does a lot of gardening before his kick and then steps up to side-foot it into the corner to James' left. James had dived the wrong way.
  • 2 - XoppnameX Michael Owen - Thumped down the middle. "A grass cutter" as we used to say. Ricardo obligingly leaps to his left.
  • 2 - XoppnameX Simão Sabrosa - High and emphatic into the James' top right corner. James had dived the other way.
  • 3 - XoppnameX Frank Lampard - A carbon copy of Owen's penalty. Thumped down the middle. Again Ricardo dives to his left.
  • 3 - XoppnameX Rui Costa - Beckham style, he also blasts it over. Once again there's a rueful looks at the penalty spot.
  • 4 - XoppnameX John Terry - Calmly placed down the centre into the roof of the net. Ricardo dives to his right this time.
  • 4 - XoppnameX Ronaldo - Into the side-netting. James dives to his right and almost gets a hand to it but it was too high.
  • 5 - XoppnameX Owen Hargreaves - Passed into the net. Hargreaves must have fooled the keeper as he doesn't move. A good dive to the left and Ricardo would have made a comfortable save. It's all in the eyes. Probably.
  • 5 - XoppnameX Maniche - On a long run up Maniche goes for power into the bottom left corner. James dived to his left.
  • 6 - XoppnameX Ashley Cole - Calmly rolls the ball into the bottom left corner. Ricardo, like James' on the last kick, dives to his left.
  • 6 - XoppnameX Hélder Postiga - Panenka. James' had dived to his right.
  • 7 - XoppnameX Darius Vassell - Vassell did not look so confident and produces the worst penalty of the night, and I'm including the two over the top, scuffing the ball to give Ricardo a comfortable height to his left. Oddly, Ricardo had taken his gloves off.
  • 7 - XoppnameX Ricardo Pereira - Nuno Valente was almost to the penalty area as the designated seventh kicker but Ricardo sends him back. His blood is up and he wants to finish it himself. Perfect penalty into the bottom side-netting. James has no chance.
  • Penalty Shootout: England 1-3 Portugal, 1st Jul 2006 at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen (WCF)
  • 1 - Portugal Simão Sabrosa - Placed to Robinson's right, well out of his reach into the side netting.
  • 1 - XoppnameX Frank Lampard - Placed to the left of Ricardo but the keeper guesses correctly and beats the ball away.
  • 2 - XoppnameX Hugo Viana - Goes for power into the right corner but it slams off the upright. Robinson had dived the wrong way.
  • 2 - XoppnameX Owen Hargreaves - Blasted into the bottom corner. Ricardo had guessed correctly and dived to his right but couldn't keep it out.
  • 3 - XoppnameX Petit - Again, low and to the right of the keeper, who guesses correctly and gets his finger tips to it to divert it wide of the post. It is possible the ball would have either hit the post or gone wide anyway but Robinson's fingertips make sure.
  • 3 - XoppnameX Steven Gerrard - A reasonable height to the keeper's left. Ricardo, again, guesses correctly and it's a comfortable save. Not a good penalty.
  • 4 - XoppnameX Hélder Postiga - Similar to Gerrard's penalty but the other side. If Robinson had guessed correctly it would have been a simple save but he dances on his line and takes a step to his left and just watches it go past him.
  • 4 - XoppnameX Jamie Carragher - Carragher steps up and places the ball to Ricardo's left. The goalkeeper doesn't move with his arms stretched wide. Apparently the referee hadn't blown his whistle so a re-take is required. This time Carragher second guesses himself and tries to place it to the keeper's left. It's an awful penalty and easy for Ricardo to save via the crossbar.
  • 5 - XoppnameX Ronaldo - Placed into the side netting to Robinson's left. The keeper had dived the wrong way.
  • Penalty Shootout: England 2-4 Italy, 24th Jun 2012 at Olimpiyskiy, Kiev (ECF)
  • 1 - Italy Mario Balotelli
  • 1 - XoppnameX Steven Gerrard
  • 2 - XoppnameX Riccardo Montolivo - Shoots wide
  • 2 - XoppnameX Wayne Rooney
  • 3 - XoppnameX Andrea Pirlo
  • 3 - XoppnameX Ashley Young - Hits the bar
  • 4 - XoppnameX Antonio Nocerino
  • 4 - XoppnameX Ashley Cole - Saved by Buffon
  • 5 - XoppnameX Alessandro Diamanti
  • Penalty Shootout: England 4-3 Colombia, 3rd Jul 2018 at Otkritie Arena, Moscow (WCF)
  • 1 - Colombia Radamel Falcao
  • 1 - XoppnameX Harry Kane
  • 2 - XoppnameX Juan Cuadrado
  • 2 - XoppnameX Marcus Rashford
  • 3 - XoppnameX Luis Muriel
  • 3 - XoppnameX Jordan Henderson - Saved by Ospina
  • 4 - XoppnameX Mateus Uribe - Hits the bar
  • 4 - XoppnameX Kieran Trippier
  • 5 - XoppnameX Carlos Bacca - Saved by Pickford
  • 5 - XoppnameX Eric Dier
  • Penalty Shootout: England 6-5 Switzerland, 9th Jun 2019 at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães (UNL)
  • 1 - Switzerland Harry Maguire
  • 1 - XoppnameX Steven Zuber
  • 2 - XoppnameX Ross Barkley
  • 2 - XoppnameX Granit Xhaka
  • 3 - XoppnameX Jadon Sancho
  • 3 - XoppnameX Manuel Akanji
  • 4 - XoppnameX Raheem Sterling
  • 5 - XoppnameX Kevin Mbadu
  • 5 - XoppnameX Jordan Pickford
  • 5 - XoppnameX Fabian Schär
  • 6 - XoppnameX Eric Dier
  • 6 - XoppnameX Josip Drmić - Saved by Pickford
  • Penalty Shootout: England 2-3 Italy, 11th Jul 2021 at Wembley Stadium, London (ECF)
  • 1 - Italy Domenico Berardi
  • 1 - XoppnameX Harry Kane
  • 2 - XoppnameX Andrea Belotti - Saved by Pickford
  • 2 - XoppnameX Harry Maguire
  • 3 - XoppnameX Leonardo Bonucci
  • 3 - XoppnameX Marcus Rashford - Hits the post
  • 4 - XoppnameX Federico Bernardeschi
  • 4 - XoppnameX Jadon Sancho - Saved by Dunnarumma
  • 5 - XoppnameX Jorginho - Saved by Pickford
  • 5 - XoppnameX Bukayo Saka - Saved by Dunnarumma

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