thumb|The penalty area with penalty box marking and the penalty arc in parallel to the goal. The smaller box is often called the 6-yard box thumb|Penalty area (1898) thumb|Schematic of an association football pitch, the penalty areas are the larger of the two rectangular regions surrounding the goals at both ends of the pitch|left thumb|Penalty arc.
thumb|The penalty area with penalty box marking and the penalty arc in parallel to the goal The smaller box is often called the 6-yard box thumb|Penalty area (1898) thumb|Schematic of an association football pitch, the penalty areas are the larger of the two rectangular regions surrounding the goals at both ends of the pitch|left thumb|Penalty arc