Silves Futebol Clube is a Portuguese football 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

Algarve The Algarve (, , ; from ) is the southernmost NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities ( ''concelhos'' or ''municípios'' in Portuguese). The region has its ...

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 distric ...

's league in the Portuguese District Championships, in the fourth tier of the

Portuguese football league system The Portuguese football league system consists of several leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. Reserve teams are allowed to compete in the main league system, as is the case with most of Europe. However, they are not ...

. 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

2018–19 Taça de Portugal The 2018–19 Taça de Portugal (also known as Taça de Portugal Placard for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th edition of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout competition in Portuguese football. The competition began with first-round matc ...

, 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 () 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 team competes in Liga 3, the third tier of Portuguese football. They were founded in 1924. __TOC__ History The club was founded on December 13, 1924. Th ...

and G.D. Chaves Satélite.

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