get their season underway on Thursday evening, taking on MFK Ruzomberok in the Europa League.
Competitive football being played in July always feels wrong, but the Toffees have a two-legged affair against the Slovakian club having been drawn in the third qualifying round of Europe's secondary competition having finished 7th in the 2016/17 Premier League.
Ronald Koeman has ambitions to win silverware this campaign, and success in the Europa League may be the best chance Everton have of qualifying for next year's Champions League.
The Merseyside club have spent heavily in the transfer market in a bid to strengthen their team and become realistic contenders, and Koeman has confirmed Wayne Rooney will start the game this evening.