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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