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

North America

Mexico: Chivas Guadalajara

South America

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 6 – David Byrom, English professional footballer^[1]
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^[2]
February 4 – John van Loen, Dutch footballer and assistant-coach
February 5 – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer, manager and club owner^[3]
February 15 – Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian footballer and manager
February 25 – Grafton Holband, Dutch former professional footballer^[4]
March 3 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian international and coach^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
July 17 – Muhamad Radhi Mat Din, Malaysian coach and footballer
July 18 – Rosanan Samak, Bruneian football coach
July 27 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan goalkeeper^[8]
July 27 – Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 2016)^[9]
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^[10]
- Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
September 22 – Christophe Jeannet, French footballer^[11]
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

^ "1965 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "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 WorldFootball.net
^ 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)
^ "Enrico Bizzotto". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ Christophe Jeannet profile at chamoisfc79.fr

[1] "1965 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[2] "Josef Ringel". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[3] "Gheorghe Hagi – FIFA competition record". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-10.

[4] 1965 in association football at WorldFootball.net

[5] 1965 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com

[6] 1965 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com

[7] Abdoulaye Sogue profile at chamoisfc79.fr

[8] 1965 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)

[9] 1965 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)

[10] "Enrico Bizzotto". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[11] Christophe Jeannet profile at chamoisfc79.fr

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