# 1965 in Brazilian football

The following article presents a summary of the 1965 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 64th season of competitive football in the country.

## Taça Brasil

Semifinals
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Náutico | 2-3 | Vasco da Gama | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Santos | 5-3 | Palmeiras | 4-2 | 1-1 |
Final
Santos declared as the Taça Brasil champions by aggregate score of 6–1.

## Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Final Standings
| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 27 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 20 | 29 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 2 |
| 3 | Botafogo | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -2 |
| 5 | Portuguesa | 17 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 24 | -4 |
| 6 | São Paulo | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 33 | -1 |
| 7 | Corinthians | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 2 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 10 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 27 | -8 |
| 9 | Santos | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 24 | -4 |
| 10 | America-RJ | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -14 |
Palmeiras won both stages of the competition, thus no final was played, and the club was declared as Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions.

## State championship champions

| State | Champion | State | Champion |
| Acre | Vasco-AC | Pará | Paysandu |
| Alagoas | CSA | Paraíba | Campinense |
| Amapá | Santana | Paraná | Ferroviário-PR |
| Amazonas | Rio Negro | Pernambuco | Náutico |
| Bahia | Vitória | Piauí | Flamengo-PI |
| Ceará | Fortaleza | Rio de Janeiro | Americano |
| Distrito Federal | Pederneiras | Rio Grande do Norte | ABC |
| Espírito Santo | Desporitva | Rio Grande do Sul | Grêmio |
| Goiás | Anápolis | Rondônia | Flamengo-RO |
| Guanabara | Flamengo | Roraima | - |
| Maranhão | Sampaio Corrêa | Santa Catarina | Inter de Lages |
| Mato Grosso | Mixto | São Paulo | Santos |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | - | Sergipe | Confiança |
| Minas Gerais | Cruzeiro | Tocantins | - |

## Brazilian clubs in international competitions

| Team | Copa Libertadores 1965 |
| Santos | Semifinals |

## Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1965.
| Date | Opposition | Result | Score | Brazil scorers | Competition |
| June 2, 1965 | Belgium | W | 5-0 | Pelé (3), Flávio, Rinaldo | International Friendly |
| June 6, 1965 | West Germany | W | 2-0 | Pelé, Flávio | International Friendly |
| June 9, 1965 | Argentina | D | 0-0 | - | International Friendly |
| June 17, 1965 | Algeria | W | 3-0 | Pelé, Dudu, Gérson | International Friendly |
| June 24, 1965 | Portugal | D | 0-0 | - | International Friendly |
| June 30, 1965 | Sweden | W | 2-1 | Pelé, Gérson | International Friendly |
| July 4, 1965 | Soviet Union | W | 3-0 | Pelé (2), Flávio | International Friendly |
| September 7, 1965 | Uruguay | W | 3-0 | Rinaldo, Tupãzinho, Germano | International Friendly |
| November 16, 1965 | Arsenal | L | 0-2 | - | International Friendly (unofficial match) |
| November 21, 1965 | Soviet Union | D | 2-2 | Gérson, Pelé | International Friendly |
| November 21, 1965 | Hungary | W | 5-3 | Servílio (2), Lima, Abel, Nair | International Friendly |