 Prior to that, England had been pioneers in establishing international competitions, with the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which was won by West Auckland when they defeated Italian side Juventus in 1909.English teams have participated in UEFA competitions every year save for the years between 1985–1990, when in the aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster, all English clubs were banned from Europe by UEFA; Liverpool, who had been playing at the Heysel Stadium against Juventus, were banned for six years, until 1991.Between the 1992–93 and 2012–13 seasons, Premier League clubs won the UEFA Champions League four times (as well as supplying five of the runners-up), behind Spain's La Liga (six wins) and Italy's Serie A (five), and ahead of Germany's Bundesliga with three wins.