The first and second-ranked teams in the K League have '100% success rate' PK kickers... the world of penalty kicks
The first and second-ranked teams in the K League have '100% success rate' PK kickers... the world of penalty kicks
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The kicker is absolutely advantageous for the penalty, which is called the "11m Russian roulette."
In theory, the kicker's actual success rate exceeds 90 percent because the kicker's time (0.4 to 0.5 seconds) is shorter than the goalkeeper's reaction time (about 0.6 seconds). But since it's done by humans, the actual success rate is much lower. In some major tournament games, the success rate can drop below 50 percent. Lionel Messi, one of the best players in history, missed 31 times by kicking 143 PKs. The fact that kickers have an absolute advantage is rather the result of adding more pressure.
If PK fails, as it is an absolute opportunity, the psychological adverse effects on the entire team are beyond imagination. Therefore, it is very important to have a clear kicker who will be responsible for PK for one season.
Incheon United, which is leading the league by an overwhelming margin in the K-League 2, has Mugosa, the finisher of the sword. Mugosa scored multiple goals in the 13th round of the Hana Bank K-League 2 2025 against the South Jeolla Dragons at Incheon Football Stadium on Saturday. Mugosa did not miss the two PK opportunities that he was given. Incheon won 2-0 in the first- and second-place matches thanks to Mugosa's stellar performance, and has thus achieved perfect solo play. Coincidentally, Suwon Samsung's "main gun" Ilyuchenko, who is competing with Incheon on the same day, missed both PKs in the home match against Gimpo FC. Suwon tied Gimpo 1-1.
Mugosa has made six of the 12 goals he scored this season into the PK. Mugosa kicked six times and scored all six times. The success rate is 100 percent. Incheon has never lost in five matches (four wins and one draw) when Mugosa successfully scored the PK.
Mugosa's PK success rate is remarkable. He has succeeded 25 times, kicking 26 PKs in the K-League. The success rate is a whopping 96%. The only failure was against Jeju United in November 2019. He has continued his career record of 32 attempts and 31 successes.
E-Land in Seoul, ranking second in the K-League 2, has a certain kicker named E-Land. E-Land, which is wearing E-Land's uniform this season, has successfully completed all four of its PKs, starting with the opening match against South Chungcheong Province Asan this season, followed by the fifth round against Bucheon FC, the sixth round against Cheonan City, and the 12th round against Gimpo. E-Land, which had four different players kicking PKs last season, is comfortably watching the PK situation with the appearance of Euhler.
The history of the PK league cannot be explained except for Lee Dong-gook, the man of record. Lee Dong-gook, who scored 228 goals, the most in the history of the K-League, made 42 of them into PKs. It is the largest number of PK goals in the history of the K-League. He also had the largest number of missed goals. He is ranking first in this category with 11 missed goals. The second player to score the most PKs is Jeonbuk Hyundai coach Jeong Jo-gook. When he was an active player, he scored 28 goals as a PK player. 안전놀이터
Lee Dong-gook succeeded the most PKs, but he has another "God of PKs." He is Ulsan HD youth director Noh Sang-rae, who was nicknamed "Canon Shooter" when he was active. He succeeded in all 28 PK opportunities. He is the only one with a 100% success rate among 12 players who have attempted more than 20 penalty kicks. Considering that Matthew Le Tshier, dubbed the strongest PK kicker in the history of the English Premier League, made 26 attempts and 25 attempts, Noh Sang-rae's PK skills are truly "another level." Among the players who tried more than 10 times, only Lee Heung-sil (15 goals), Shasha (14 goals), Mato, Kim Yong-se (13 goals) and Cho Kyu-sung (10 goals) recorded a 100% success rate.