Starting in 1992, the Bortolotti Cup was held annually in memory of presidents Achille and Cesare Bortolotti, featuring Atalanta and various invited guests. In the following years, Atalanta earned several more upper mid-table finishes, but did not qualify for any UEFA competitions. The club came closest in 1993 under coach Marcelo Lippi, when it entered the final matchday needing a victory against relegation-threatened Genoa to qualify for the UEFA Cup, though succumbed to a 1–0 defeat on neutral ground; a seventh-place finish thus saw the club fall just short of qualification. Following this near-miss, Percassi sought to raise the club's ambitions and appointed emerging coach Francesco Guidolin for the 1993–94 season. Under Percassi, the club also ambitiously purchased Franck Sauzée, Olympique Marseille midfielder and newly-crowned European champion. Despite these arrivals, Atalanta had a poor campaign: Guidolin was sacked after ten matches, which saw the club in second-to-last place with only six points and the worst defense in the league, and was replaced by Cesare Prandelli as caretaker manager amid financial difficulties. Although Prandelli enjoyed success with the youth team during these years, he could not steer the club away from relegation, as it would finish in second-to-last place in Serie A. Also in 1994, following modernization of the "Tribuna Giulio Cesare", the "Stadio Comunale" was renamed the "Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia" ("Blue athletes of Italy").