Football in Brazil
Season1965
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The following article presents a summary of the 1965 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 64th season of competitive football in the country.

Taça Brasil

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Náutico 2-3 Vasco da Gama 2-2 0-1
Santos 5-3 Palmeiras 4-2 1-1

Final

Santos5–1Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama0–1Santos

Santos declared as the Taça Brasil champions by aggregate score of 6–1.

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

Final Standings

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Palmeiras 27 16 12 3 1 49 20 29
2 Vasco da Gama 17 16 7 3 6 24 22 2
3 Botafogo 17 16 7 3 6 31 31 0
4 Flamengo 17 16 6 5 5 19 21 -2
5 Portuguesa 17 16 5 7 4 20 24 -4
6 São Paulo 16 16 7 2 7 32 33 -1
7 Corinthians 15 16 4 7 5 29 27 2
8 Fluminense 10 16 3 4 9 29 27 -8
9 Santos 8 9 3 2 4 20 24 -4
10 America-RJ 2 9 0 2 7 8 22 -14

Palmeiras won both stages of the competition, thus no final was played, and the club was declared as Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions.

State championship champions

State Champion State Champion
Acre Vasco-AC Pará Paysandu
Alagoas CSA Paraíba Campinense
Amapá Santana Paraná Ferroviário-PR
Amazonas Rio Negro Pernambuco Náutico
Bahia Vitória Piauí Flamengo-PI
Ceará Fortaleza Rio de Janeiro Americano
Distrito Federal Pederneiras Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Espírito Santo Desporitva Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio
Goiás Anápolis Rondônia Flamengo-RO
Guanabara Flamengo Roraima -
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa Santa Catarina Inter de Lages
Mato Grosso Mixto São Paulo Santos
Mato Grosso do Sul - Sergipe Confiança
Minas Gerais Cruzeiro Tocantins -

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team Copa Libertadores 1965
Santos Semifinals

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1965.

Date Opposition Result Score Brazil scorers Competition
June 2, 1965  Belgium W 5-0 Pelé (3), Flávio, Rinaldo International Friendly
June 6, 1965  West Germany W 2-0 Pelé, Flávio International Friendly
June 9, 1965  Argentina D 0-0 - International Friendly
June 17, 1965  Algeria W 3-0 Pelé, Dudu, Gérson International Friendly
June 24, 1965  Portugal D 0-0 - International Friendly
June 30, 1965  Sweden W 2-1 Pelé, Gérson International Friendly
July 4, 1965  Soviet Union W 3-0 Pelé (2), Flávio International Friendly
September 7, 1965  Uruguay W 3-0 Rinaldo, Tupãzinho, Germano International Friendly
November 16, 1965 England Arsenal L 0-2 - International Friendly (unofficial match)
November 21, 1965  Soviet Union D 2-2 Gérson, Pelé International Friendly
November 21, 1965  Hungary W 5-3 Servílio (2), Lima, Abel, Nair International Friendly

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