Young Boys see off Bilbao

Spanish cup finalists Athletic Bilbao suffered a shocking 1-0 home defeat by Young Boys in the Europa League Third Qualifying Round first leg.

The Basque outfit fielded a strong line-up but were undone by their Swiss visitors, who snuck away from San Mames with a 1-0 victory. Seydou Doumbia's 23rd-minute strike sealed the victory, condemning the Spanish Copa del Rey finalists to a surprising defeat.

Roma came from behind to see off Belgian outfit Gent 3-1 in Italy.

Leye Mbaye had given the Belgians a 1-0 lead after 23 minutes and Luciano Spalletti's side had to wait until the second half for defender Philippe Mexes to level. Forwards Francesco Totti and Mirko Vucinic - the former with a penalty - completed the turnaround to give Roma a two-goal lead heading into the second leg.

PSV Eindhoven scraped a late 1-0 win over Cherno More. Following a thoroughly turgid performance, Fred Rutten's men sneaked a narrow lead to take to Bulgaria thanks to Dirk Marcellis' goal late in added time.

Fenerbahce hammered former giants Honved of Budapest 5-1 with Spain international Daniel Guiza bagging a hat-trick.

Hamburg saw off Randers 4-0 away from home with two goals in each half. French side Lille beat Sevojno 2-0 in Serbia with Robert Vittek and Eden Hazard scoring before half-time.

Helsingborg won 2-1 at home to FK Sarajevo while KR of Reykjavik held Swiss side Basle to a 2-2 draw in Iceland.

Declan O'Brien proved to be St Patrick's Athletic's Europa League hero once again as Jeff Kenna's men pulled off a magnificent first-leg win over Russians Krylya Sovetov at Richmond Park.

Harry Kewell and Milan Baros were on the scoresheet as Galatasaray beat Maccabi Netanya 4-1 while English Premier League side Fulham enjoyed a 3-0 win over Vetra.

New manager Mark McGhee's reign at Aberdeen began with a shocking 5-1 defeat at home against Sigma Olomouc in the Europa League third qualifying round.

Gothenburg suffered a shock 3-1 home defeat by Israeli outfit Hapoel Tel-Aviv while Austria Vienna could only draw 1-1 in their first leg at Vojvodina. City rivals Rapid Vienna, meanwhile, beat APOP 2-1.

Brondby and Legia Warsaw are level-pegging after a 1-1 first-leg draw while Ivan Stoianov's strike 17 minutes from time gave CSKA Sofia a 1-0 lead over Derry. Club Brugge beat FC Lahti 3-2 in Belgium.

Metalist Kharkiv won 2-1 at Rijeka. Fredrikstad suffered a 6-1 hammering at home to Lech Poznan while Liberec snatched a 1-0 win away to Vaduz. Zilina and Hajduk Split shared a 1-1 draw but Steaua Bucharest enjoyed a 3-0 win over Scottish visitors Motherwell.

Metallurg Donetsk beat Olimpija Ljubljana 2-0 in the Ukraine, Valerenga went down 2-1 at home to PAOK Salonika while Tromso edged NK Slaven Koprivnica by the same scoreline.

NAC Breda of Holland enjoyed a 1-0 victory at Polonia Warsaw

Georgian side Dinamo Tblisi will take a 2-0 lead into their second leg against former super-power Red Star Belgrade.

In the other early fixtures home side Rabotnicki lost 4-3 in a thriller against Odense BK, for whom Caca notched an impressive hat-trick. Sturm Graz won their away leg 2-1 against Petrovac.

Portuguese outfit Braga lost 2-1 at home to Elfsborg, Qarabag won 1-0 at Honka, Vaslui beat Omonia Nicosia 2-0 and Kosice won 1-0 at Slavija Sarajevo.