1965 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1965 throughout the world.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Winners club national championship
- Argentina: Boca Juniors
- Chile: Universidad de Chile
- England: Manchester United
- Iceland: KR
- Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
- Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Scotland: Kilmarnock
- Spain: Real Madrid
- West Germany: Werder Bremen
[edit] International tournaments
- African Cup of Nations in Tunisia (November 12 – 21, 1965)
[edit] Births
- February 4 – John van Loen (Dutch footballer and assistant-coach)
- February 15 – Gustavo Quinteros (Bolivian footballer and coach)
- July 27 – José Luis Chilavert (Paraguayan goalkeeper)
- July 30 – Leonel Álvarez (Colombian footballer)
- September 24 – Roberto Siboldi (Uruguayan footballer)
- October 6 – Jürgen Kohler (German footballer and coach)
- November 16 – Mika Aaltonen (Finnish footballer)
- November 24 – Tom Boyd (Scottish footballer)
[edit] Deaths
- January 21 – Arie Bieshaar (65), Dutch footballer (b. 1899)
