Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin rani na 1981, Filipović mai shekaru 28 ya koma kungiyar zakarun Portugal S.L. Benfica inda a cikin shekaru uku masu zuwa ya zira kwallaye 28 a wasanni 54 na gasar. Zoran Filipović ya kuma jagoranci kungiyar Benfica zuwa wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin UEFA ta 1983
a kan R.S.C. Anderlecht, kasancewar shi ne dan wasan da ya fi kowa zura kwallaye a gasar wannan kakar kuma ya zira kwallaye masu ban mamaki ga 'yan Portugal a wasan kusa da na karshe da AS Roma da kuma wasan kusa da na karshe da Universitatea Craiova.