Official lineups for the first matchday of the Europa League

Roma give Mario Hermoso his full debut and start Paulo Dybala, Tommaso Baldanzi and Artem Dovbyk in the Europa League against Athletic Club.

It starts at 8pm UK time (7pm GMT) at the Stadio Olimpico.

You can follow the entire build-up and action in the LIVEBLOG.

Like the Champions League, the Europa League also changed its format and created a large league table, with each team competing against eight different opponents.

Ivan Juric made his debut on the bench in Sunday’s 3-0 win over Udinese, just days after Daniele De Rossi was sensationally sacked.

Lorenzo Pellegrini, Enzo Le Fée and Alexis Saelemaekers are all out of action, otherwise squad rotation will be kept to a minimum.

Baldanzi gets a chance after his goal against Udinese, Paulo Dybala is behind Dovbyk.

The big change is that Hermoso will start in a three-man defense for the first time and Manu Kone will be preferred to Niccolo Pisilli in midfield.

Athletic Club traveled without injured midfielder Oihan Sancet, but goalkeeper Julen Agirrezebala and EURO 2024 star Nico Williams fended off blows.

However, Nico Williams only sits on the bench, his brother Inaki Williams starts.

It was a good start to the season for the Basque side, who claimed four wins, a draw and narrow defeats against Barcelona and Atlético Madrid in LaLiga.

Lineups Roma vs Athletic Club

Roma: Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Hermoso; Celik, Koné, Cristante, Angelino; Dybala, Baldanzi; Dovbyk

Sports club: Agirrezabala; Gorosabel, Vivian, A Paredes, Berchiche; Prados, Galarreta; Inaki Williams, Unai Gomez, Alvaro Djaló; Guruzeta

Ref: Kabakov (BUL)