Futebol Clube Vale Formoso is a Portuguese football club from

Furnas Furnas is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,439, in an area of 34.43 km2. The parish is one of the largest in the island and in the Azores. ...

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. The team plays in the Ponta Delgada Football Association's league in the

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, in the fifth tier of the

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. The team qualified for the

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in 2018–19. On 8 September, they lost 5–0 at Campeonato de Portugal side

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, but were one of 22 losing teams selected to remain in the competition. On 30 September, the team hosted another third-tier opponent,

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in the second round. Although they lost 3–0, they advanced again as Leiria were disqualified for fielding a suspended player. On 21 October in the third round, Vale Formoso won 4–3 in overtime at home to third-tier S.C. Coimbrões. This made them one of only two District FA teams to make the last 32 teams in the cup that year, alongside Silves F.C.

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