hrubesch won the european cup in 1983, captaining the team to a 1–0 win against favourites juventus in the final in athens. three years earlier he had been on the team, but was injured throughout most of the match, that lost the 1980 european cup final against nottingham forest fc. hamburg reached one other major european final while hrubesch was on the team, losing the 1982 uefa cup final against ifk göteborg.