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.

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)
 * 🇬🇭 ghana
 * 🇹🇳 tunisia
 * 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire
 * 1965 British Home Championship (October 3, 1964 – April 10, 1965)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england

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
 * February 4 – John van Loen, Dutch footballer and assistant-coach
 * February 5 – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer, manager and club owner
 * 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
 * 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
 * Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
 * September 22 – Christophe Jeannet, French footballer
 * 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

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)