1965 in association football

Years in football (soccer):	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

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.

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 15 – Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian footballer and manager
March 8 – Juan Hernández Ramírez, Mexican international footballer
May 17 – Massimo Crippa, Italian international footballer
June 12 – Carlos Luis Morales, Ecuadorian goalkeeper
July 27 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan goalkeeper
July 27 – Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 2016)
July 30 – Leonel Álvarez, Colombian footballer
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

August 24 – Amílcar Barbuy, Brazilian midfielder, known as one of the most influential players of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. (72)

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

Years in football (soccer):	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

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