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 FK Dukla Prague 3–1, on aggregate. Winners club national championship 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) 1965 British Home Championship (October 3, 1964 – April 10, 1965) 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) 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 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 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 30 – Peter Grant, Scottish football player and manager August 31 – Ricardo Gónzalez, Chilean footballer September 7 – Darko