This is a list of all penalty shoot-outs that have occurred in the final tournaments of the UEFA European Championship. Complete list Key = scored penalty = missed penalty = scored penalty which ended the shoot-out = missed penalty which ended the shoot-out = first penalty in the shoot-out horizontal line within a list of takers = beginning of the sudden death stage Notes Statistics Key † = shoot-out in the final Bold = winners that year Shoot-out records Most shoot-outs in a tournament 4 – 1996, 2020 Fewest shoot-outs in a tournament (since 1976) 0 – 1988 Most played shoot-out 2 – vs (2008, 2020), vs (2012, 2020†) Most penalties taken in a shoot-out 18 – vs (1980), vs (2016) Fewest penalties taken in a shoot-out 7 – vs (2008) Most penalties scored in a shoot-out 17 – vs (1980) Fewest penalties scored in a shoot-out 4 – vs (2000), vs (2008), vs (2020) Most penalties missed in a shoot-out 7 – vs (2016) Team records Most shoot-outs played 7 – (1980, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020†x2) Most shoot-outs played in a tournament 2 – (1996), (1996), (2016), (2020), (2020), (2020†) Most shoot-out wins 4 – (1984, 2008, 2012, 2020), (2000, 2012, 2020†×2) Most shoot-out wins in a tournament 2 – (2020†) Most shoot-out losses 4 – (1996, 2004, 2012, 2020†) Most consecutive shoot-out wins 3 – (1976†1, 19801, 1996), (2008, 2012, 2020) Most consecutive shoot-out losses 4 – (1996, 2004, 2012, 2020†) Most shoot-out wins without losses 3 – (1976†1, 19801, 1996) Most shoot-out losses without wins 1 – (2004), (2008) Most knockout matches played without shoot-outs (since 1976) 5 – (1980, 2016×2, 2020×2) Fewest penalties scored in a shoot-out 1 – (2000), (2008), (2020) Most penalties scored in a shoot-out 9 – (19801) Most penalties missed in a shoot-out 4 – (2016) Taker records Most participations in shoot-outs 3 – Fabian Schär (2016, 2020×2), Leonardo Bonucci (2016, 2020†×2) Most penalties scored in shoot-outs 2 – 26 players Most deciding final penalties scored in shoot-outs 2 – Cesc Fàbregas (2008, 2012) Goalkeeper records Most participations in shoot-outs 3 – Edwin van der Sar (1996, 2000, 2004), Gianluigi Buffon (2008, 2012, 2016), Yann Sommer (2016, 2020×2) Most penalties faced in shoot-outs 18 – Gianluigi Buffon Most penalties conceded in shoot-outs 12 – Edwin van der Sar, Gianluigi Buffon, Yann Sommer Most penalties missed against (saves and off-target shots) in