title: 1965 in Brazilian football
text: # 1965 in Brazilian football
  
  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. | 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
  
  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 | 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 |
  