# 1965 in association football

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
* FC Hansa Rostock was founded
* 1. FC Magdeburg was founded
* 1965 International Soccer League
** League: Polonia Bytom defeated New York Americans, 5–1 on aggregate.
** Cup: Polonia Bytom defeated Dukla Prague 3–1, on aggregate.

## Winners club national championship
### Africa

* Egypt: Zamalek

### 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)
** Ghana
** Tunisia
** Ivory Coast
* 1965 British Home Championship (October 3, 1964 – April 10, 1965)
       England

## Births

* January 1 – Khabib Ilyaletdinov, Russian club player
* January 6 – David Byrom, English professional footballer
* January 9 – Iain Dowie, English-Northern Irish footballer, manager and pundit
* January 13 – Bennett Masinga, South African international footballer (died 2013)
* January 25 – Josef Ringel, retired Czech footballer
* February 4 – John van Loen, Dutch footballer and assistant-coach
* February 5 – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer, manager and club owner
* February 15 – Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian footballer and manager
* February 25 – Grafton Holband, Dutch former professional footballer
* March 3 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian international and coach
* 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
* June 7 – Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer
* June 12 – Carlos Luis Morales, Ecuadorian goalkeeper
* June 30 – Dietmar Drabek, Austrian referee
* July 5 – Abdoulaye Sogue, Senegalese former professional footballer
* July 17 – Muhamad Radhi Mat Din, Malaysian coach and footballer
* July 18 – Rosanan Samak, Bruneian football coach
* July 27 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan goalkeeper
* July 27 – Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 2016)
* July 30 – Leonel Álvarez, Colombian footballer
* August 9 – David Kealy, Irish footballer
* August 21 – Juan Lombardi, former Uruguayan footballer
* August 27 – Ange Postecoglou, Greek-born Australian football player and manager
* August 30 – Peter Grant, Scottish football player and manager
* August 31 – Ricardo Gónzalez, Chilean footballer
* September 7
** Enrico Bizzotto, retired Swiss footballer
** Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
* September 22 – Christophe Jeannet, French footballer
* September 24 – Roberto Siboldi, Uruguayan footballer
* October 6 – Jürgen Kohler, German international footballer and manager
* November 16 – Mika Aaltonen, Finnish international footballer
* November 17 – Terence Mophuting, Botswanan 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)