Our latest victory secured from 12 yards came in last night’s Carabao Cup fourth-round tie against Southampton, as Marcos Alonso, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ben Chilwell and Reece James all held their nerve to find the net, while Kepa Arrizabalaga continued to impress in shoot-outs by tipping Theo Walcott’s effort onto the post.

That triumph means for the first time in Chelsea history we have won three consecutive penalty shoot-outs, all of which have come in 2020/21 and followed a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes, after our defeat of Aston Villa in the previous round of the Carabao Cup and beating Villarreal to lift the UEFA Super Cup in Belfast.

It is also the first time ever that the Blues have won three penalty shoot-outs in the same season. Given we are only in October and remain active in four knockout competitions – Carabao Cup, FA Cup, Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup – that club record could even be extended further before the end of the campaign.

This latest penalty victory over Southampton came in the 31st competitive shoot-out involving Chelsea and we have a mixed record from the spot, winning 15 of them and losing 16.

The first competition in England to introduce penalty shoot-outs on a permanent basis was the League Cup and it was in that tournament our first experience of the format arrived in 1983, almost a decade before the FA Cup followed suit.

We had done very well to beat Leicester City 2-0 in the away leg of our second-round tie, thanks to goals from Paul Canoville and Kerry Dixon, as they were top division at the time and we were second tier, but the Blues surrendered the lead in the return match at Stamford Bridge. Thankfully, goalkeeper Eddie Niedzwiecki made himself Chelsea’s first shoot-out hero by saving Leicester’s first and last efforts of the five to secure victory.

Unfortunately things didn’t always go so smoothly, as shown when we lost five shoot-outs in a row between 2005 and 2008, including the most painful so far on our first-ever Champions League final appearance.

It was fitting then that we lifted Europe’s most prestigious club trophy for the first time after a shoot-out victory four years later, and for every agonising defeat there is a famous victory from the spot to savour.

We have listed all 31 of Chelsea’s penalty shoot-outs below and picked out a few of the most memorable ones to recall in more detail…

25 October 1983 - Milk Cup second round, second leg Chelsea 0 Leicester 2 (2-2 on aggregate)Line-up: Niedzwiecki, Hollins, J Jones, Pates, McLaughlin, Speedie, Canoville, Spackman, Dixon, C Lee, NevinCrowd: 15,646Won 4-3 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Dixon, C Lee, Hollins, SpackmanPenalty miss: SpeediePenalty saves: Niedzwiecki 2

13 November 1985 - Full Members Cup area semi-final West Brom 2 Chelsea 2Line-up: Niedzwiecki, Wood, Dublin, Pates, Isaac, K Jones (Jasper), Nevin, Spackman, McAllister, Speedie, M Hazard (C Lee)Scorers: Speedie, McAllisterCrowd: 4,070Won 5-4 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Spackman, Pates, Jasper, Wood, C Lee

18 February 1991 - ZDS Cup third round Chelsea 1 Luton 1Line-up: Beasant, Clarke, Dorigo, Dickens, Cundy, Monkou, Stuart (K Wilson), Matthew, Dixon, Durie, Le Saux (Hall)Scorer: StuartCrowd: 3,849Lost 1-4 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorer: DorigoPenalty misses: Durie, Clarke

26 November 1991 - ZDS Cup area quarter-final Chelsea 2 Ipswich 2Line-up: Hitchcock, Clarke, Boyd (Allon), V Jones, Elliott, Monkou, Le Saux, Dickens, Dixon, K Wilson (Stuart), WiseScorers: Jones, AllonCrowd: 6,325Won 4-3 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Wise, Dixon, Allon, V JonesPenalty miss: StuartPenalty saves: Hitchcock 2

8 February 1995 - FA Cup fourth round replay Chelsea 1 Millwall 1Line-up: Kharine; Clarke, D Lee, Sinclair, Minto; Burley, Spackman (Newton), Peacock (Furlong), Wise; Stein, SpencerScorer: SteinCrowd: 25,515Lost 4-5 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Stein, Wise, Burley, D LeePenalty miss: Spencer

17 January 1996 - FA Cup third round replayNewcastle 2 Chelsea 2Line-up: Hitchcock; Duberry, D Lee, Myers (Clarke); Petrescu, Gullit, Newton, Phelan; Wise, Spencer (Peacock); M Hughes (Furlong)Scorers: Wise (pen), GullitCrowd: 36,535Won 4-2 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: D Lee, Wise, Peacock, NewtonPenalty save: Hitchcock 1

Our first victory in an FA Cup shoot-out came at a time when the competition was causing us plenty of heartache, but a wave of optimism was beginning to flow through Stamford Bridge. We hadn’t lifted the famous old trophy since 1970 and our previous two attempts to put that right had ended in a painful 4-0 defeat to Manchester United in the final followed by a fourth-round exit to London rivals Millwall at home on penalties.

There was a feeling that 1995/96 could be the season to end our jinx, fuelled by the arrival of exciting signings like Ruud Gullit, Mark Hughes and Dan Petrescu, but an injury-time equaliser denied us a home win over Newcastle United in the third round and in the replay we were the ones who needed to come from behind, salvaging a draw from two goals down thanks to Gullit’s strike in the 89th minute.

However, for all the new signings, it was the tried and tested English core of the team that gave us the win in the shoot-out, with David Lee, Gavin Peacock, skipper Dennis Wise (who had also scored from the spot in the second half) and, calmy and decisively, Eddie Newton all finding the net, while Peter Beardsley hit the bar for Newcastle and Kevin Hitchcock kept out Steve Watson, celebrating exuberantly in front of the Chelsea fans despite our opponents still having three penalties remaining. He heard about that from his team-mates afterwards!

Unfortunately, we had another year to wait before we got our hands on the FA Cup for a second time, though, as we eventually lost the 1996 semi-final to Man Utd.

3 August 1997 - Charity ShieldChelsea 1 Man Utd 1 (Wembley)Line-up: De Goey; Sinclair, Leboeuf, Clarke, Granville; Wise, Morris (Petrescu), Poyet, Di Matteo; M Hughes (Vialli), ZolaScorer: M HughesCrowd: 73,636Lost 2-4 on penalties after 90 minutesPenalty scorers: Zola, LeboeufPenalty misses: Sinclair, Di Matteo

15 October 1997 - Coca-Cola Cup third roundChelsea 1 Blackburn 1Line-up: Hitchcock; Clarke, Gullit (D Lee), Leboeuf, Granville; Nicholls, Newton (Sinclair), Di Matteo, Babayaro; M Hughes (Hampshire), VialliScorer: Di MatteoCrowd: 18,671Won 4-1 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Leboeuf, Sinclair, Clarke, NichollsPenalty save: Hitchcock 1

7 January 1998 - Coca-Cola Cup quarter-finalIpswich 2 Chelsea 2Line-up: De Goey; Sinclair (Clarke), Leboeuf, Myers (Gullit), Granville; Di Matteo, Lambourde, Wise, Le Saux; Flo (M Hughes), ZolaScorers: Flo, Le SauxCrowd: 22,088Won 4-1 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Leboeuf, Zola, Di Matteo, M HughesPenalty saves: De Goey 2

In a promising sign for Thomas Tuchel’s men this season, the only previous occasion on which we have won two penalty shoot-outs in the same competition in a single campaign ended with us lifting the trophy at Wembley. That came in the 1997/98 League Cup when one of the most entertaining Chelsea sides ever assembled, fresh from winning the FA Cup the previous season, required penalties to see off Blackburn and Ipswich en route to the final.

Against Blackburn in the third round we were slightly short of firepower by the time it came penalties, with Gianluca Vialli sent off in extra-time and Scottish teenager Steven Hampshire replacing his strike partner Hughes to make his only Chelsea appearance. However, defenders Frank Leboeuf, Frank Sinclair and Steve Clarke all scored to get us off to a great start and Hitchcock saved again, this time from future Blues striker Chris Sutton, allowing Mark Nicholls to net the decisive kick.

Three months later in the quarter-finals, we had a few more attacking options available, as Hughes, Gianfranco Zola and Roberto Di Matteo all hit the back of the net in the shoot-out, although it was set-piece expert Leboeuf who was again entrusted with the first kick. Despite Hitchcock's earlier successes, this time it was Ed de Goey who was guarding our net, and the Dutchman did even better by keeping out two of Ipswich’s three penalties, making it a very one-sided 4-1 win in the shoot-out.

26 October 2005 - Carling Cup third roundChelsea 1 Charlton 1Line-up: Cudicini; Ferreira, Huth, Terry, Bridge (Lampard); Geremi, Essien, Gudjohnsen; Wright-Phillips (J Cole), Crespo (Drogba), RobbenScorer: TerryCrowd: 42,198Lost 4-5 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Robben, Gudjohnsen, Lampard, DrogbaPenalty miss: Huth

1 May 2007 - Champions League semi-final, second legLiverpool 1 Chelsea 0 (1-1 on agg)Line-up: Cech; Ferreira, Essien, Terry, A Cole; Mikel, Makelele (Geremi), Lampard; J Cole (Robben), Drogba, Kalou (Wright-Phillips)Crowd: 42,554Lost 1-4 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorer: LampardPenalty misses: Robben, Geremi

5 August 2007 - Community ShieldMan Utd 1 Chelsea 1 (Wembley)Line-up: Cech; Johnson (Sidwell), Ben-Haim, Carvalho, A Cole (Diarra); Mikel, Essien, Lampard; Wright-Phillips, J Cole (Sinclair), Malouda (Pizarro)Scorer: MaloudaCrowd: 80,731Lost 0-3 on penalties after 90 minutesPenalties missed: Pizarro, Lampard, Wright-Phillips

21 May 2008 - Champions League Final Man Utd 1 Chelsea 1 (Moscow)Line-up: Cech; Essien, Carvalho, Terry, A Cole; Ballack, Makelele (Belletti), Lampard; J Cole (Anelka), Drogba, Malouda (Kalou)Scorer: LampardCrowd: 67,310Lost 5-6 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Ballack, Belletti, Lampard, A Cole, KalouPenalty misses: Terry, AnelkaPenalty save: Cech 1

Every team has their own penalty shoot-out memory which sends a shudder down the spine and is almost too painful to mention, and for Chelsea supporters that undoubtedly came in Moscow in 2008.

We had never reached the Champions League final before, but by the end many were hoping they could erase the memory completely as we were beaten on penalties in an all-English affair with Manchester United.

The shoot-out started well for the Blues, as Petr Cech gave us the advantage by saving from Cristiano Ronaldo, but that was as good as it got. Long-time Chelsea captain John Terry heartbreakingly slipped on the sodden turf and hit the post before Nicolas Anelka was kept out by Edwin van der Sar, extending our wait to become European champions.

12 November 2008 - Carling Cup fourth round Chelsea 1 Burnley 1Line-up: Cudicini; Ferreira, Alex, Ivanovic, Bridge (c); Mineiro; Kalou, Belletti (Lampard), Deco (Mikel), Malouda; Drogba (Di Santo)Scorer: DrogbaCrowd: 41,369Lost 4-5 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Lampard, Kalou, Ferreira, Malouda.Penalty misses: Bridge, Mikel

9 August 2009 - Community Shield Man Utd 2 Chelsea 2 (Wembley)Line-up: Cech; Ivanovic (Bosingwa), Carvalho, Terry (c), A Cole; Mikel (Ballack); Essien, Malouda (Deco); Lampard; Anelka (Kalou), DrogbaScorers: Carvalho, LampardCrowd: 85,896Won 4-1 on penalties after 90 minutesPenalty scorers: Lampard, Ballack, Drogba, KalouPenalty saves: Cech 2

2 December 2009 - Carling Cup fifth round Blackburn 3 Chelsea 3Line-up: Hilario; Belletti (Bruma), Ferreira, Ivanovic, Zhirkov; Ballack (c), Mikel, Malouda; J Cole (Drogba), Deco (Kakuta); KalouScorers: Drogba, Kalou, FerreiraCrowd: 18,136Lost 3-4 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Drogba, Malouda, ZhirkovPenalty misses: Ballack, KakutaPenalty save: Hilario 1

19 February 2011 - FA Cup fourth round replay Chelsea 1 Everton 1Line-up: Cech; Ferreira, Ivanovic, Terry (c), A Cole; Ramires, Lampard, Mikel (Essien), Malouda (Anelka); Kalou (Zhirkov), DrogbaScorer: LampardCrowd: 41,113Lost 3-4 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Lampard, Drogba, EssienPenalty misses: Anelka, A ColePenalty save: Cech 1

21 September 2011 - Carling Cup third round Chelsea 0 Fulham 0Line-up: Cech (c) (Turnbull); Ferreira, Alex, David Luiz, Bertrand; McEachran (Terry), Romeu, Malouda; Sturridge (Lampard), Lukaku, KalouCrowd: 37,632Won 4-3 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: David Luiz, Terry, Kalou, MaloudaPenalty misses: LampardPenalty save: Turnbull 1

19 May 2012 - Champions League final Bayern Munich 1 Chelsea 1 (Munich)Line-up: Cech; Bosingwa, Cahill, David Luiz, A Cole; Mikel, Lampard (c); Kalou (Torres), Mata, Bertrand (Malouda); DrogbaScorer: DrogbaCrowd: 62,500Won 4-3 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: David Luiz, Lampard, A Cole, DrogbaPenalty misses: MataPen saves: Cech 2

Given the events in Moscow four years earlier, it’s fair to say there were plenty of nervous faces in the crowd at the Allianz Arena when our next appearance in the Champions League final also went to penalties.

With the spot kicks against Bayern Munich taken at the end holding their supporters in their own stadium, the pressure on the Chelsea players couldn’t have been higher, but it was the Blues who held their nerve. In the reverse of Moscow, we were the ones who started on the back foot after Juan Mata’s miss, but the rest of our takers proved fearless as two club legends emerged as fitting heroes.

Cech saved twice in the shoot-out, from Ivica Olic and Bastian Schweinsteiger, in addition to saving a penalty by former Chelsea team-mate Arjen Robben during extra-time, becoming Bayern’s nemesis on the night.

With David Luiz, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole all finding the net, that left the decisive moment in the hands of Didier Drogba, who wasn't involved in the shoot-out in Moscow after being sent off. Of course, he tucked his spot-kick away in the bottom corner, sparking wild celebrations on and off the pitch from those wearing Blue as we were finally crowned champions of Europe.

30 August 2013 - UEFA Super CupBayern Munich 2 Chelsea 2 (Prague)Line-up: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, David Luiz, A Cole; Ramires, Lampard (c); Schurrle (Mikel), Oscar, E Hazard (Terry); Torres (Lukaku)Scorers: Torres, E HazardCrowd: 17,686Lost 4-5 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: David Luiz, Oscar, Lampard, A ColePenalty miss: Lukaku

27 October 2015 - Capital One Cup fourth round Stoke City 1 Chelsea 1Line-up: Begovic; Zouma, Cahill, Terry (c), Baba (Kenedy); Ramires (Traore), Mikel; Willian, E Hazard, Oscar; Diego Costa (Remy)Scorer: RemyCrowd: 24,886 Lost 4-5 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Willian, Oscar, Remy, Zouma.Penalty miss: E Hazard

6 August 2017 - Community Shield Arsenal 1 Chelsea 1 (Wembley)Line-up: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso (Rudiger); Willian (C Musonda), Pedro; Batshuayi (Morata)Scorer: MosesCrowd: 83,325Lost 1-4 on penalties after 90 minutesPenalty scorer: CahillPenalty misses: Courtois, Morata

17 January 2018 - FA Cup third round replay Chelsea 1 Norwich 1Line-up: Caballero; Ampadu (Christensen), David Luiz, Azpilicueta (c); Zappacosta, Drinkwater (E Hazard), Bakayoko, Kenedy (Kante); Willian, Pedro; Batshuayi (Morata)Scorer: BatshuayiCrowd: 39,684Won 5-3 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Willian, David Luiz, Azpilicueta, Kante, E HazardPenalty save: Caballero 1

24 January 2019 - Carabao Cup semi-final, second leg Chelsea 2 Tottenham 1 (2-2 on aggregate)Line-up: Kepa; Azpilicueta (c), Rudiger, David Luiz, Emerson; Kante, Jorginho, Barkley (Kovacic); Pedro (Willian), Giroud, E HazardScorers: Kante, E HazardCrowd: 38,610Won 4-2 on penalties after 90 minutesPenalty scorers: Willian, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, David LuizPenalty save: Kepa 1

24 February 2019 - Carabao Cup final Chelsea 0 Manchester City 0 (Wembley)Line-up: Kepa; Azpilicueta (c), Rudiger, David Luiz, Emerson; Kante, Jorginho, Barkley (Loftus-Cheek); Pedro (Hudson-Odoi), E Hazard, Willian (Higuain)Crowd: 81,775Lost 3-4 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Azpilicueta, Emerson, E HazardPenalty misses: Jorginho, David LuizPenalty save: Kepa 1

9 May 2019 - Europa League semi-final, second leg Chelsea 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (2-2 on aggregate)Line-up: Kepa; Azpilicueta (c), Christensen (Zappacosta), David Luiz, Emerson; Kovacic, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek (Barkley); Willian (Pedro), Giroud (Higuain), E HazardScorer: Loftus-CheekCrowd: 36,070Won 4-3 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Barkley, Jorginho, David Luiz, E HazardPenalty miss: AzpilicuetaPenalty saves: Kepa 2

This season’s three consecutive penalty successes were especially welcome, seeing as they ended an unhappy run of losing three of our previous four shoot-outs. However, that sole victory during that period did help us to lift a trophy, as it arrived in the semi-finals of the 2018/19 Europa League. After back-to-back 1-1 draws across the two legs with Eintracht Frankfurt, penalties were again needed to decide the winner in a continental tie against German opposition.

Just as in Munich, we found ourselves at a disadvantage after Cesar Azpilicueta’s penalty was stopped brilliantly by Kevin Trapp, but then Kepa dramatically swung things in our favour. He had already given us a taste of what he could do with shoot-out saves in that season’s Carabao Cup semi-final and final, and did again by stopping Martin Hinteregger’s shot with his legs and diving low to his right to deny Goncalo Pacienca.

That saw us go from 3-2 down to drawing 3-3, with all of Eintracht’s kicks taken and Eden Hazard stepping up with the chance to decide the game with the final shot of the regulation five. Needless to say the Belgian made no mistake, calmly sending the keeper the wrong way to book our place in the final against Arsenal.

14 August 2019 - UEFA Super Cup Liverpool 2 Chelsea 2 (Istanbul)Line-up: Kepa; Azpilicueta (c), Christensen (Tomori), Zouma, Emerson; Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic (Barkley); Pedro, Giroud (Abraham), Pulisic (Mount)Scorers: Giroud, Jorginho (pen)Crowd: 38,434Lost 4-5 on penalties after extra timePenalty scorers: Jorginho, Barkley, Mount, EmersonPenalty miss: Abraham

29 September 2020 - Carabao Cup fourth round Tottenham 1 Chelsea 1Line-up: Mendy; Azpilicueta (c), Tomori, Zouma, Chilwell (Emerson); Jorginho, Kovacic (Kante); Hudson-Odoi, Mount, Werner; Giroud (Abraham)Scorer: WernerCrowd: Behind closed doorsLost 4-5 on penalties after 90 minutesPenalty scorers: Abraham, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, EmersonPenalty miss: Mount

11 August 2021 - UEFA Super Cup Villarreal 1 Chelsea 1 (Belfast)Line-up: Mendy (Kepa); T Chalobah, Zouma (Christensen), Rudiger; Hudson-Odoi (Azpilicueta), Kante (c) (Jorginho), Kovacic, Alonso; Ziyech (Pulisic), Werner (Mount), HavertzScorer: ZiyechCrowd: 10,435Won 6-5 on penalties after 90 minutesPenalty scorers: Azpilicueta, Alonso, Mount, Jorginho, Pulisic, RudigerPenalty miss: HavertzPenalty saves: Kepa 2

22 September 2021 - Carabao Cup third roundChelsea 1 Aston Villa 1Line-up: Kepa; James, T Chalobah, Sarr; Hudson-Odoi, Kante (c) (Mount), Loftus-Cheek, Saul (Barkley), Chilwell; Ziyech (Lukaku), WernerScorer: WernerCrowd: 39,852Won 4-3 on penalties after 90 minutesPenalty scorers: Lukaku, Mount, Barkley, JamesPenalty miss: ChilwellPenalty save: Kepa 1

26 October 2021 - Carabao Cup fourth roundChelsea 1 Southampton 1Line-up: Kepa; James, T Chalobah, Sarr; Hudson-Odoi, Kovacic, Saul, Alonso (c); Ziyech (Mount), Havertz, Barkley (Chilwell)Scorer: HavertzCrowd: 39,766Won 4-3 on penalties after 90 minutesPenalty scorers: Alonso, Hudson-Odoi, Chilwell, JamesPenalty miss: MountPenalty save: Kepa 1