Silves Futebol Clube is a Portuguese

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club from Silves in the

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and playing in the

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'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

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, where they lost 1–0 at home to

Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the of Porto that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football, at the Estádio do B ...

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

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its Association football, football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association Portuguese Di ...

, U.S.C. Paredes and G.D. Chaves Satélite.

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