the domestic league, swiss serie a 1917–18, was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. basel and the two other basel teams were allocated to the central group which had just seven teams, as opposed to the other two groups which both had eight teams. the other teams playing in the central group were fc bern, young boys bern, biel-bienne and aarau. basel played a good season, suffering only two defeats. they ended the season in second position with 17 points. in their 12 games basel scored 31 goals and conceded 19. karl wüthrich and otto kuhn were joint the teams best goal scorers both netting four times. the young boys won the group and continued to the finals.<ref name="fcb-achiv-1917/18"></ref>