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The following are thefootball (soccer) events of the year1965 throughout the world.

• Copa Libertadores1965: Won byIndependiente after defeatingPeñarol on an aggregate score of 4–1.
• February 6:Retirement of SirStanley Matthews from professional football, five days after his fiftieth birthday.
• Substitutions allowed: TheFootball 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 defeatedNew York Americans, 5–1 on aggregate.
  • Cup:Polonia Bytom defeatedDukla Prague 3–1, on aggregate.

•  Egypt:Zamalek

•  Japan:Toyo Industries
•  Qatar: Al-Maref

•  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

•  Mexico:Chivas Guadalajara

•  Argentina:Boca Juniors
•  Brazil:Santos
•  Chile:Universidad de Chile
•  Paraguay:Olimpia Asunción

• African Cup of Nations inTunisia (November 12 – 21 1965)
  1.  Ghana
  2.  Tunisia
  3.  Ivory Coast
• 1965 British Home Championship (October 3, 1964 – April 10, 1965)

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• 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

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• January 21 -Arie Bieshaar (65), Dutch footballer (born 1899)

• August 24 –Amílcar Barbuy, Brazilian midfielder, known as one of the most influential players ofSport Club Corinthians Paulista. (72)
• August 30 –Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Brazilian midfielder and manager of theBrazil National Football Team at the1930 FIFA World Cup, winner of the1919 South American Championship. (73)

• October 11 –Roberto Cherro, Argentine forward, scored 213 goals forBoca Juniors, runner up of the1930 FIFA World Cup . (58)

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