This document shows the results of the various penalty shoot-outs
of international country matches. The stats don't tell us much, but often
messages are manipulated to prove the topical points of view.
My take on the obvious (at least in my opinion):
1. North American and African teams are weaker (in penalty shoot-outs)
than countries from the other confederations.
2. European teams are stronger than teams from other confederations
except for South America.
3. No teams has to fear a penalty shoot-out opponent except Mexico, which
lost three times in three shoot-outs versus Argentina.
4. Only the following teams won 80 per cent or more of their shoot-outs:
Angola, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Martinique, and Portugal.
5. Only the following teams lost 80 per cent or more of their shoot-outs:
England, Malawi, Russia, Netherlands, and Madagascar.
6. Success in a penalty shoot-out does not depend on whether a team plays
at home or away, or whether it is (otherwise) a successful team or not.
A few notes:
1. Used matches are all matches regardless of whether full or not full
internationals in the chapter INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY RESULTS in the
RSSSF data base including friendly matches and Olympic Games and
excluding the international youth matches.
2. All matches up to the end of the year 2005 are used.
3. Countries which changed confederation (Israel and Kazakhstan changed
from Asia to Europe) are included as part of the topical confederation.
Australia changed from Oceania to Asia in 2006 and so it is still
included with Oceania here.
HOME/AWAY TEAM WINS
home team wins 122 (54 %)
away team wins 106 (46 %)
Regardless of whether a team plays at home or away, it wins or loses
in penalty kicks.
CONFEDERATION-HEAD-TO-HEAD
SA EU AF NA AS OC
SA ##### 9-1 1-0 7-6 1-4 0-1
EU 1-9 ##### 4-3 6-2 8-7 1-0
AF 0-1 3-4 ##### 0-5 8-8 0-1
NA 6-7 2-6 5-0 ##### 2-2 0-1
AS 4-1 7-8 8-8 2-2 ##### 4-0
OC 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-4 #####
TABLE
1. Europe 5 4 0 1 20-21 12
2. South America 5 3 0 2 18-12 9
3. Oceania 5 3 0 2 3-5 9
4. Asia 5 2 2 1 25-19 8
5. North America 5 1 1 3 15-16 4
6. Africa 5 0 1 4 11-19 1
European teams are stronger than teams from other confederations except
South America. North American and African teams are weaker than countries
of the other confederations.
TEAMS WITH 3 OR MORE RESULTS AGAINST SAME OPPONENT
Argentina - Mexico 3x 3-0 (100 %)
Kenya - Uganda 5x 4-1 (80 %)
Brazil - Argentina 4x 3-1 (75 %)
Guinea - Mali 6x 4-2 (67 %)
Indonesia - Thailand 6x 4-2 (67 %)
Libya - Tunisia 3x 2-1 (67 %)
Zambia - Malawi 3x 2-1 (67 %)
Tanzania - Uganda 3x 2-1 (67 %)
Iran - Syria 3x 2-1 (67 %)
Morocco - Tunisia 4x 2-2 (0 %)
No teams has to fear a penalty shoot-out opponent except Mexico, which
lost three times in three shoot-outs versus Argentina.
BEST TEAMS (ONLY TEAMS WITH 5 OR MORE RESULTS)
Angola 7x 7-0 (100.0 %)
Ethiopia 9x 8-1 (88.9 %)
Saudi Arabia 8x 7-1 (87.5 %)
Martinique 6x 5-1 (83.3 %)
Portugal 5x 4-1 (80.0 %)
North Korea 9x 7-2 (77.8 %)
Kenya 15x 11-4 (73.3 %)
Thailand 22x 15-7 (68.2 %)
Argentina 15x 10-5 (66.7 %)
Brazil 12x 8-4 (66.7 %)
Colombia 9x 6-3 (66.7 %)
Czech Republic 6x 4-2 (66.7 %)
Indonesia 12x 8-4 (66.7 %)
Iraq 9x 6-3 (66.7 %)
Only the following teams won 80 per cent or more of their shoot-outs:
Angola, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Martinique, and Portugal.
WORST TEAMS (ONLY TEAMS WITH 5 OR MORE RESULTS)
Gabon 12x 4-8 (33.3 %)
India 6x 2-4 (33.3 %)
Paraguay 9x 3-6 (33.3 %)
Qatar 6x 2-4 (33.3 %)
Romania 6x 2-4 (33.3 %)
Rwanda 6x 2-4 (33.3 %)
China 12x 3-9 (25.0 %)
Sierra Leone 8x 2-6 (25.0 %)
Singapore 10x 2-8 (20.0 %)
Sudan 5x 1-4 (20.0 %)
England 6x 1-5 (16.7 %)
Malawi 12x 2-10 (16.7 %)
Russia 6x 1-5 (16.7 %)
Netherlands 8x 1-7 (12.5 %)
Madagascar 6x 0-6 (0.0 %)
Only the following teams lost 80 per cent or more of their shoot-outs:
England, Malawi, Russia, Netherlands, and Madagascar.
PENALTY KICK RESULTS OF IMPORTANT TEAMS
Hungary 1-0
Poland 1-0
Portugal 5x 4-1 (80.0 %)
Argentina 15x 10-5 (66.7 %)
Brazil 12x 8-4 (66.7 &)
Czech Republic 6x 4-2 (66.7 %)
Germany 10x 6-4 (60.0 %)
Uruguay 10x 6-4 (60.0 %)
Sweden 5x 3-2 (60.0 %)
Serbia/Montenegro 5x 3-2 (60.0 %)
Italy 9x 5-4 (55.6 %)
France 10x 5-5 (50.0 %)
Spain 8x 3-5 (37.5 %)
England 6x 1-5 (16.7 %)
Russia 6x 1-5 (16.7 %)
Netherlands 8x 1-7 (12.5 %)
Austria 0-3
Regardless of whether a team is successfull or not, it wins or loses
in penalty kicks.
See all penalty shoot-out stats
See all used penalty shoot-outs (until 31 dec 2005)
Missing penalty kicks please send to the author.
Thanks to Mariano Buren for correction.
Prepared and maintained by Oliver Haupt for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Oliver Haupt
(oli@oli-und-moni.de)
Last updated: 4 Oct 2006
(C) Copyright Oliver Haupt and RSSSF 2006
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