Penal (futbol)

Penalty kick - type of direct free kick in association football. Article “Penal (futbol)” in Catalan Wikipedia has 21.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Catalan) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Penal (futbol)” was edited by 2 authors in Catalan Wikipedia and written by 13 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Penal (futbol)”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Catalan Wikipedia and edited by 2293 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 15 times in Catalan Wikipedia and cited 116771 times in all languages (1099^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Catalan): #27367 in June 2026
• Global: #1119 in July 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Catalan): #190326 in June 2026
• Global: #3648 in July 2018

There are 45 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Penalty kick (association football)		86.2402
2	Korean (ko) 페널티킥		65.7253
3	Bulgarian (bg) Дузпа		47.4425
4	German (de) Strafstoß		37.6351
5	Czech (cs) Pokutový kop		37.38
6	Slovak (sk) Pokutový kop		36.2992
7	Dutch (nl) Strafschop		34.3946
8	Portuguese (pt) Pênalti		34.3306
9	Italian (it) Calcio di rigore		32.5386
10	Turkish (tr) Penaltı vuruşu		32.029

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Penal (futbol)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Penalty kick (association football)		1 576 857
2	Russian (ru) Пенальти (футбол)		1 073 830
3	German (de) Strafstoß		980 082
4	Italian (it) Calcio di rigore		831 352
5	Portuguese (pt) Pênalti		686 592
6	Indonesian (id) Tendangan penalti		686 140
7	French (fr) Pénalty (football)		679 769
8	Polish (pl) Rzut karny (piłka nożna)		578 408
9	Vietnamese (vi) Phạt đền (bóng đá)		478 442
10	Japanese (ja) ペナルティーキック		440 075

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Penal (futbol)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Penalty kick (association football)		23 289
2	Chinese (zh) 罚点球		4 589
3	Japanese (ja) ペナルティーキック		3 597
4	German (de) Strafstoß		3 476
5	Russian (ru) Пенальти (футбол)		3 361
6	French (fr) Pénalty (football)		3 166
7	Portuguese (pt) Pênalti		2 213
8	Dutch (nl) Strafschop		2 095
9	Italian (it) Calcio di rigore		1 502
10	Persian (fa) ضربه پنالتی (فوتبال)		1 242

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Penal (futbol)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Penalty kick (association football)		424
2	German (de) Strafstoß		305
3	Italian (it) Calcio di rigore		160
4	Dutch (nl) Strafschop		118
5	Russian (ru) Пенальти (футбол)		116
6	French (fr) Pénalty (football)		111
7	Hebrew (he) בעיטת עונשין		103
8	Portuguese (pt) Pênalti		94
9	Polish (pl) Rzut karny (piłka nożna)		78
10	Persian (fa) ضربه پنالتی (فوتبال)		60

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Penal (futbol)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Penal (futbol)		2
2	English (en) Penalty kick (association football)		2
3	Hebrew (he) בעיטת עונשין		2
4	Arabic (ar) ركلة جزاء (كرة قدم)		1
5	Greek (el) Πέναλτι (ποδόσφαιρο)		1
6	Basque (eu) Penalti		1
7	Persian (fa) ضربه پنالتی (فوتبال)		1
8	French (fr) Pénalty (football)		1
9	Italian (it) Calcio di rigore		1
10	Vietnamese (vi) Phạt đền (bóng đá)		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Penal (futbol)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Penalty kick (association football)		33 989
2	Italian (it) Calcio di rigore		17 992
3	Dutch (nl) Strafschop		6 997
4	Russian (ru) Пенальти (футбол)		6 978
5	French (fr) Pénalty (football)		5 673
6	Polish (pl) Rzut karny (piłka nożna)		3 462
7	Portuguese (pt) Pênalti		3 282
8	Ukrainian (uk) Пенальті		3 045
9	Hungarian (hu) Tizenegyes		2 752
10	Vietnamese (vi) Phạt đền (bóng đá)		2 598

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ركلة جزاء (كرة قدم)
az	Azerbaijani Penalti zərbəsi
be	Belarusian Пенальці
bg	Bulgarian Дузпа
ca	Catalan Penal (futbol)
cs	Czech Pokutový kop
da	Danish Straffespark (fodbold)
de	German Strafstoß
el	Greek Πέναλτι (ποδόσφαιρο)
en	English Penalty kick (association football)
eo	Esperanto Penalo (futbalo)
et	Estonian Penalti
eu	Basque Penalti
fa	Persian ضربه پنالتی (فوتبال)
fi	Finnish Rangaistuspotku
fr	French Pénalty (football)
he	Hebrew בעיטת עונשין
hr	Croatian Jedanaesterac
hu	Hungarian Tizenegyes
hy	Armenian 11-մետրանոց հարված
id	Indonesian Tendangan penalti
it	Italian Calcio di rigore
ja	Japanese ペナルティーキック
ka	Georgian პენალტი (ფეხბურთი)
kk	Kazakh Пенальти
ko	Korean 페널티킥
lt	Lithuanian 11 metrų baudinys
ms	Malay Sepakan penalti
nl	Dutch Strafschop
no	Norwegian Straffespark
pl	Polish Rzut karny (piłka nożna)
pt	Portuguese Pênalti
ru	Russian Пенальти (футбол)
sh	Serbo-Croatian Jedanaesterac
simple	Simple English Penalty kick
sk	Slovak Pokutový kop
sl	Slovenian Enajstmetrovka
sr	Serbian Казнени ударац (фудбал)
sv	Swedish Straffspark
th	Thai การยิงลูกโทษ
tr	Turkish Penaltı vuruşu
uk	Ukrainian Пенальті
uz	Uzbek Penalti
vi	Vietnamese Phạt đền (bóng đá)
zh	Chinese 罚点球

Best Rank

Catalan: #190326 06.2026

Global: #3648 07.2018

Best Rank

Catalan: #27367 06.2026

Global: #1119 07.2010

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