there were a nuber of changes in the basel team. daniel hug moved to italy and played for genoa. players such as dr. siegfried pfeiffer, ernst-alfred thalmann, alfred stöhrmann and max senn left the first team and were replaced by younger members. the newly formed team started the season in the worst possible way, six defeats in a row. the two 1–6 away defeats against old boys and zürich, the 0–6 defeat away against winterthur, together with the 1–2 home result against young fellows zürich, the 4–5 home defeat against aarau were only the beginning of the evil. the 2–9 home defeat against grasshopper club remains the highest home defeat in history until today. it was not until the seventh round, with a 3–2 win against st. gallen on 22 november 1908, that basel achieved their first points. after that they were only defeated once more, on 13 december 1908, a home defeat against winterthur. basel ended the season in the east group in sixth position.