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1965 Copa de Confraternidad Iberoamericana

Estadio Monumental hosted all the matches
Tournament details
Country	Argentina
Venue(s)	Estadio Monumental
Dates	8–12 August
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Santos
Runner-up	River Plate
Third place	Real Madrid
Fourth place	Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	12 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Coutinho (3 goals)
← 1964

The 1965 Copa de Confraternidad Iberoamericana was the second and last edition of the Copa Confraternidad Iberoamericana, a friendly international tournament organised by Argentine club River Plate. It was held in Buenos Aires in August 1965.

Four clubs took part in the competition, River Plate and Boca Juniors of Argentina, Santos and Real Madrid, which were touring the Americas. Played under a single-elimination format, Santos won the cup after beating River Plate in the final.

Teams

Nat.	Club	Last honours
	River Plate	Host team
	Boca Juniors	1965 Primera División champions
	Santos	1965 Série A champions
	Real Madrid	1964–65 La Liga champions

Bracket

	First round				Final
	River Plate	0
	Real Madrid	0
					River Plate	1
					Santos	2
	Boca Juniors	1
	Santos	4			Third place
					Boca Juniors	1
					Real Madrid	3

Results

First round

River Plate	0–0 (5–3 c)	Real Madrid
	Report

Boca Juniors	1–4	Santos
Menéndez 73'	Report	Pelé 10', 27' Coutinho 30', 89'

Third place

Boca Juniors	1–3	Real Madrid
A.H. Rojas 73'	Report	Grosso 38' Puskás 80', 87'

Final

River Plate	1–2	Santos
Sarnari 8'	Report	Coutinho 10' Dorval 22'

Team details

River Plate Santos GK Hugo Gatti DF Mario Bonczuk  a' DF Eduardo Grispo MF Alberto Sainz MF Vladislao Cap MF Roberto Matosas FW Jorge Solari  b' FW Delém FW Juan Carlos Sarnari FW Juan Carlos Lallana FW Luis Cubilla Substitutes: DF José Minore  a' FW Ricardo Montivero  b' Manager: Renato Cesarini GK 1 Gilmar DF Mauro  a' DF Orlando DF Geraldino MF Carlos Albeto MF Zito FW 7 Dorval  b' FW 8 Lima FW 9 Coutinho FW 10 Pelé FW 11 Abel  c' Substitutes: DF Joel  a' FW Toninho  b' FW Pepe  c' Manager: Lula

Notes

1. The penalty shoot-out had not been instituted to break ties by then, therefore River Plate qualified to the next stage on most corner kicks awarded.

Champion

1965 Copa Confraternidad Iberoamericana winners
Santos First title

Performance by club

Club	Pld	W	D	L	Gf	Ga
Santos	2	2	0	0	6	2
River Plate	2	0	1	1	1	2
Real Madrid	2	1	1	0	3	1
Boca Juniors	2	0	0	2	2	7

References

1. ^ Copa Amistad 1965 (Buenos Aires) by Mikael Jönsson at the RSSSF
2. American Trip of Real Madrid CF 1965 by Raúl Torre at the RSSSF
3. La Gira del 65 by Viejo Casale
4. ¿Cuántas veces ha visitado Estados Unidos el Real Madrid? on Mundodeportivo.com, 24 Jul 2022
5. Millonarios de River magazine no. 60 - pub. 17 Aug 1965

• 1965 in Argentine football
• Club Atlético River Plate matches
• Santos FC matches
• Football in Buenos Aires