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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
 - 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 FK Dukla Prague 3–1, on aggregate.
 
 
Winners club national championship
Asia
 Japan: Toyo Industries
 Qatar: Al-Maref
Europe
North America
South America
International tournaments
- African Cup of Nations in Tunisia (November 12 – 21 1965)
 - 1965 British Home Championship (October 3, 1964 – April 10, 1965)
 
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)
 - January 25 – Josef Ringel, retired Czech footballer[1]
 - February 4 – John van Loen, Dutch footballer and assistant-coach
 - February 5 – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer, manager and club owner[2]
 - February 15 – Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian footballer and manager
 - March 3 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian international and coach[3]
 - 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[4]
 - 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[5]
 - July 17 – Muhamad Radhi Mat Din, Malaysian coach and footballer
 - July 18 – Rosanan Samak, Bruneian football coach
 - July 27 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan goalkeeper[6]
 - July 27 – Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 2016)[7]
 - 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 – Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
 - September 22 – Christophe Jeannet, French footballer[8]
 - 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)
 
References
- ↑ "Josef Ringel". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
 - ↑ "Gheorghe Hagi – FIFA competition record". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
 - ↑ 1965 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
 - ↑ 1965 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
 - ↑ Abdoulaye Sogue profile at chamoisfc79.fr
 - ↑ 1965 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)
 - ↑ 1965 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)
 - ↑ Christophe Jeannet profile at chamoisfc79.fr
 
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