1965 in association football explained

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

• : Zamalek

Asia

• : Toyo Industries
• : Al-Maref

Europe

• : Manchester United
• : Nantes
• : KR
• : Internazionale Milano F.C.
• : Feyenoord Rotterdam
• : Kilmarnock
• : Real Madrid
• : Fenerbahçe
• : Werder Bremen

North America

• : Chivas Guadalajara

South America

• : Boca Juniors
• : Santos
• : Universidad de Chile

Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Tunisia (November 12  - 21 1965)
  1. • 1. • 1. • 1965 British Home Championship (October 3, 1964  - April 10, 1965)

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^[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
• 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^[3]
• 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^[4]
  • Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
• September 22  - Christophe Jeannet, French footballer^[5]
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Josef Ringel . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 September 2023.
2. Web site: Gheorghe Hagi – FIFA competition record . 2022-03-10 . 2016-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305165730/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=2354/index.html . dead .
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20081115073621/http://www.chamoisfc79.fr/visiteur/historique/ex_joueur.php?id_joueur=166 Abdoulaye Sogue profile
4. Web site: Enrico Bizzotto . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 1 July 2024 . en.
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20081114192354/http://www.chamoisfc79.fr/visiteur/historique/ex_joueur.php?id_joueur=105 Christophe Jeannet profile at chamoisfc79.fr