1965 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
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The 1965 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol (Ecuadorian Football Championship) was the 7th national championship for football teams in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

. Emelec
Club Sport Emelec
Club Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country....

 won their third national title. They qualified to the 1966 Copa Libertadores along with 9 de Octubre
Club 9 de Octubre
Asociación Deportiva Nueve de Octubre, simply referred to as Nueve de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team.-History:The club was found on April 18, 1926 as Club 9 de Octubre...

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Qualified teams

The number of teams remained the same at eight. The qualified teams included the top-four finishers from the Campeonato Interandino and the Campeonato de Guayaquil. Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...

 made their first appearance in the tournament.
Competition Team Qualification method
Guayaquil
4 berths
Barcelona
Barcelona Sporting Club
Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of football in the country, and hold the distinction of being the only team to have never been relegated.With...

1965 Guayaquil champion
Emelec
Club Sport Emelec
Club Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country....

1965 Guayaquil runner-up
9 de Octubre
Club 9 de Octubre
Asociación Deportiva Nueve de Octubre, simply referred to as Nueve de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team.-History:The club was found on April 18, 1926 as Club 9 de Octubre...

1965 Guayaquil top-four finishers
Patria
Club Sport Patria
Club Sport Patria is a soccer club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Patria was one of the first football clubs founded in Ecuador and right now it is the oldest team in existence in the country.-History:...

Interandino
4 berths
Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...

1965 Interandino champion
LDU Quito 1965 Interandino runner-up
Aucas
Sociedad Deportiva Aucas
Sociedad Deportiva Aucas is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They currently play in the third tier of the Ecuadorian football league, the Segunda Categoría, but have spent a majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of...

1965 Interandino top-four finishers
El Nacional
Club Deportivo El Nacional
Club Deportivo "El Nacional" is a Ecuadorian sports club from Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country....


Standings

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Rules for classification: 1st points.

Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol
1965 Champion
Emelec
Club Sport Emelec
Club Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country....


3rd Title

Results


Runner-up playoff

Since 9 de Octubre
Club 9 de Octubre
Asociación Deportiva Nueve de Octubre, simply referred to as Nueve de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team.-History:The club was found on April 18, 1926 as Club 9 de Octubre...

, Barcelona
Barcelona Sporting Club
Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of football in the country, and hold the distinction of being the only team to have never been relegated.With...

, and Patria
Club Sport Patria
Club Sport Patria is a soccer club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Patria was one of the first football clubs founded in Ecuador and right now it is the oldest team in existence in the country.-History:...

 finished the tournament equal on points, a playoff was needed to determine who finished as the runner-up and qualified to the 1966 Copa Libertadores. Patria
Club Sport Patria
Club Sport Patria is a soccer club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Patria was one of the first football clubs founded in Ecuador and right now it is the oldest team in existence in the country.-History:...

 declined to participate. After tying at a goal apiece, 9 de Octubre
Club 9 de Octubre
Asociación Deportiva Nueve de Octubre, simply referred to as Nueve de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team.-History:The club was found on April 18, 1926 as Club 9 de Octubre...

 was declared the runner-up since they had a better goal average throughout the season (1.37 v. 1.36).
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