66 kicks in England and 48 in Namibia .. Penalty kicks prolong football nights!

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In the past, when two teams were tied in a final match, it was either replayed at a later time, or the title was shared between them, or the championship went to one of them by lottery.

But after the penalty shootout was introduced, this method was relied on to decide the champion, which seems more fair than the previous methods, although it does not necessarily reflect the best party in the match.

It does not matter how many penalty kicks each team plays, the two teams will keep hitting each other until one of them fails and the other succeeds and crowns the title.

But what is the largest number of kicks happened in football history? That's what we review below, here is a set of the longest penalty shootouts in history:

KK Palace and Cifix | Namibia Cup Final | 48 kick
In the 2005 Namibia Cup Final between KK Palace and Cefix, the penalty shootout lasted for nearly an hour, yes the time is correct.

Almost an hour, the stars of the two teams played the penalty shootout and completely failed to decide the winner until they reached the 48th kick.

Each team played 24 kicks, and the majority of the stars of the two teams played three kicks, until the result was decided in the end in favor of Palace with 17 kicks against 16 for Civix.

Old Wolverines and Lyn Head | JW Hunt Cup | 44 kick
In England's amateur leagues, the Old Wolverines and Lyn Head played a friendly match called the JW Hunt Cup, which ended with each team taking 22 penalties.

The total number of penalties played was 44 kicks, and Old Wolverines won 19 kicks against 18 in about an hour and a quarter of a game.

Genchlerbirligi and Galatasaray | Turkey Cup | 34 kick
In the quarter-finals of the Turkish Cup in 1996, Genclerbirligi and Galatasaray scored 16 penalties, before the latter missed the 17th kick and scored by his opponent, with a total of 34 kicks.

Scunthorpe United and Worcester City | FA Cup second round | 32 kick
In the second round of the FA Cup, Scunthorpe United and Worcester City played a very difficult match, which ended with a penalty shootout.

The match went to penalty kicks, with each team taking 16 kicks and ending in favor of Scunthorpe with 14 correct kicks against 13.

England under 21 and the Netherlands in the same age group | UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 32 kick
In the 2007 European Under-21 Championship, the Dutch national team played against its English counterpart, and it is interesting that James Milner was present.

The kicks ended with the Dutch team winning with 13 correct kicks, compared to only 12 for the young England team.

Brockenhurst and Andover | Hampshire Cup for Seniors | 30 kick
Brockenhurst and Andover are two English ninth tier teams who played a game in the Hampshire Senior Cup that ended in a goalless draw.

The match reached a penalty shootout and each team scored 14 kicks correctly, before the Andover player missed the 15th kick and was scored by his opponent in Brockenhurst, for a total of 30 kicks.

Obernai and Whittlesheim | France Cup | 30 kick
Weltsheim and Obernai are two teams from the fifth and sixth divisions in France. The confrontation between them in 1997 ended in a draw, and the match went to penalty kicks.

After each team scored 15 kicks, the referee decided to postpone the decision process to a later time due to poor lighting in the stadium.

Liverpool and Middlesbrough | League Cup third round | 30 kick
Some teams may have scored a lot of penalties, but we've never seen a team score 13 kicks in a row in the same match.

It happened in the meeting between Liverpool and Middlesbrough in the third round of the League Cup, where Middlesbrough missed the first kick and scored the next 13 before wasting again and qualifying for Liverpool.

The total kicks taken that day was 30 as each team missed just one of the original five kicks as Liverpool won 14 to 13.

Worst penalty kicks in history
In 1998, between the Michlover Lightning Blue Sox and the Shellston Boys U-10s, football had the longest and worst penalty kick record in history.

The number is not recorded in the Guinness Book of Records because the match is not approved and was not attended by a delegate and was not documented due to the nature of its time, but the Guardian newspaper confirmed that both teams played 66 kicks and only three of them were recorded to win the Blue Sox juniors with two goals to one.