1965 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1965 throughout the world.

Events[]

• Copa Libertadores 1965: Won by Independiente after defeating Peñarol on an aggregate score of 4–1.
• February 6:Retirement of Sir Stanley Matthews from professional football, five days after his fiftieth birthday.
• Substitutions allowed: The Football League voted 39 to 10 in favour of allowing clubs to introduce a substitute for an injured player at any time during a league match.
• FC Twente (Enschede, the Netherlands) was founded
• 1965 International Soccer League
  • League: Polonia Bytom defeated New York Americans, 5–1 on aggregate.
  • Cup: Polonia Bytom defeated FK Dukla Prague 3–1, on aggregate.

Winners club national championship[]

Asia[]

•  Japan: Toyo Industries
•  Qatar: Al-Maref

Europe[]

•  England: Manchester United
•  France: Nantes
•  Iceland: KR
•  Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
•  Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
•  Scotland: Kilmarnock
•  Spain: Real Madrid
•  Turkey: Fenerbahçe
•  West Germany: Werder Bremen

North America[]

•  Mexico: Chivas Guadalajara

South America[]

•  Argentina: Boca Juniors
•  Brazil: Santos
•  Chile: Universidad de Chile
•  Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments[]

• African Cup of Nations in Tunisia (November 12 – 21 1965)
  1.  Ghana
  2.  Tunisia
  3.  Ivory Coast
• 1965 British Home Championship (October 3, 1964 – April 10, 1965)

 England

Births[]

• January 1 – Khabib Ilyaletdinov, Russian club player
• January 9 – Iain Dowie, English-Northern Irish footballer, manager and pundit
• January 13 – Bennett Masinga, South African international footballer (died 2013)
• February 4 – John van Loen, Dutch footballer and assistant-coach
• February 5 – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer, manager and club owner^[1]
• February 15 – Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian footballer and manager
• March 3 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian international and coach^[2]
• March 8 – Juan Hernández Ramírez, Mexican international footballer
• May 4 – Aykut Kocaman, Turkish international
• May 17 – Massimo Crippa, Italian international footballer
• May 23 – Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish international footballer^[3]
• June 7 – Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer
• June 12 – Carlos Luis Morales, Ecuadorian goalkeeper
• June 30 – Dietmar Drabek, Austrian referee
• July 17 – Muhamad Radhi Mat Din, Malaysian coach and footballer
• July 18 – Rosanan Samak, Bruneian football coach
• July 27 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan goalkeeper^[4]
• July 27 – Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 2016)^[5]
• July 30 – Leonel Álvarez, Colombian footballer
• August 30 – Peter Grant, Scottish football player and manager
• August 31 – Ricardo Gónzalez, Chilean footballer
• September 7 – Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
• September 24 – Roberto Siboldi, Uruguayan footballer
• October 6 – Jürgen Kohler, German international footballer and manager
• November 16 – Mika Aaltonen, Finnish international footballer
• November 24 – Tom Boyd, Scottish footballer
• November 25 – Mauro Blanco, Bolivian footballer
• December 10 – José Aurelio Gay, Spanish football player and manager

Deaths[]

January[]

• January 21 - Arie Bieshaar (65), Dutch footballer (born 1899)

August[]

• August 24 – Amílcar Barbuy, Brazilian midfielder, known as one of the most influential players of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. (72)
• August 30 – Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Brazilian midfielder and manager of the Brazil National Football Team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, winner of the 1919 South American Championship. (73)

October[]

• October 11 – Roberto Cherro, Argentine forward, scored 213 goals for Boca Juniors, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup . (58)

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