Silves Futebol Clube is a Portuguese

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club from

Silves Silves may refer to : Europe * Silves, Portugal, municipality and former bishopric in Algarve, southern Portugal ** Silves (parish), a civil parish in the municipality of Silves ** Castle of Silves, a medieval castle in civil parish of Silves ...

in the

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and playing in the

Algarve Football Association The Associação de Futebol do Algarve ''(Algarve Football Association)'' is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Algarve administers lower tier football in the district ...

's league in the

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, in the fourth tier of the

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. The team reached the fifth round (last 16) of the 1982–83 Taça de Portugal, where they lost 1–0 at home to

Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

In the

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, Silves was one of two District FA teams to make it into the last 32 of the tournament, alongside

F.C. Vale Formoso Futebol Clube Vale Formoso is a Portuguese football club from Furnas, São Miguel Island, Azores. The team plays in the Ponta Delgada Football Association's league in the Portuguese District Championships, in the fifth tier of the Portuguese footb ...

. They won all three rounds against Campeonato de Portugal (third-tier) teams:

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

U.S.C. Paredes União Sport Clube Paredes is a Portuguese sports club from Paredes. The men's football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normall ...

and G.D. Chaves Satélite.

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