The FC Basel 1907–08 season was their fifteenth season since the club was formed. The club's chairman was Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer, it was his first presidential term. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof.

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FC Basel

1907–08 season
Chairman	Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer
First team coach	Daniel Hug (as team captain)
Ground	Landhof, Basel
Serie A	Group Stage: Third
Top goalscorer	Siegfried Pfeiffer (7) Max Senn (7)
Average home league attendance	n/a
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First, a mention to the football ground Landhof. The first ever international match between the Swiss national team and the German national team was scheduled to take place here in April 1908. Therefore, the authorities decided to build the first spectator stand in Switzerland, at the cost of four thousand Swiss Francs and a building time of more than six months. Following this, the ground was used a number of times as international venue.^[1]

Second, a mention to club chairman Siegfried Pfeiffer, who had joined the club in 1899. During his presidential term for the club, he played his only international game for his country. Pfeiffer scored two goals in this legendary 5–3 victory over Germany.^[2][3]

Then, a mention to team captain Daniel Hug. It was his third year in succession as captain and he also played in the afore mentioned international game. Hug was Basel's most prominent and their largest player and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. It would end out, that at the end of the season he would transferred to Italy, to play professionally for Genoa C.F.C. in the Italian football championship.

Before the season started, Basel played three test games, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in Freiburg im Breisgau and in Strassburg. They lost the first two games but came home with a 10–0 victory over FC Frankonia 1900 Strassburg. They also played four friendly games during the winter break. The first in their home stadium against Strassburger FV. The other three were away, the first game in Geneva. Over the Christmas period the team travelled to Mannheim and Hanau to play Mannheimer FG 1896 and 1. Hanauer FC 1893. The first was won the second ended in a defeat.^[4]

The 1907–08 Serie A was divided into two regional groups, an east group and a west group. Together with local rivals Old Boys, Basel were allocated to the east group. The other teams in that group were Aarau, Grasshopper Club, Zürich, Young Fellows Zürich, Winterthur and St. Gallen. The group was an evenly balanced group and at the end of the season the teams from second to eighth position were only separated by six points. Only Winterthur had a good run of results and were able to move clear at the top of the league table, winning the group with a six-point advantage.^[5]

Thus Winterthur qualified for the league final, which was held in Basel on 31 May 1908. Winterthur won the Swiss Championship title beating Young Boys Bern by four goals to one.^[6]

Squad members

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ? Persenico —  SUI Ernesto Persenico — GK  SUI Fridolin Wenger — GK  SUI Jules Fingerlin — MF  SUI Daniel Hug — DF  SUI Adolf Ramseyer — MF  GER Josef Goldschmidt — MF  SUI Emil Hasler

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SUI Max Palatini — FW  SUI Christian Albicker (I) — FW  SUI Ernst Gossweiler — FW   ? Kunz — FW  SUI Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer — FW  SUI Max Senn — FW  GER Alfred Stöhrmann — FW  SUI Ernst-Alfred Thalmann

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Legend

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Friendly matches

Pre-season

La Chaux-de-Fonds v Basel

1 September 1907 Pre-season	La Chaux-de-Fonds	7 – 5	Basel	Parc des Sports, La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30		Summary		Attendance: 500 Referee:

Freiburger FC v Basel

8 September 1907 Pre-season	Freiburger FC	5 – 3	Basel	Freiburg im Breisgau
		Summary

FC Frankonia 1900 Strassburg v Basel

22 September 1907 Pre-season	FC Frankonia 1900 Strassburg	0 – 10	Basel	Strassburg
		Summary	(0:1) (0:2) (0:3) (0:4) (0:5) (0:6) (0:7) (0:8) (0:9) (0:10)

Winter break

Basel v Strassburger FV

1 December 1907 Winter break	Basel	3 – 2	Strassburger FV	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary

Servette v Basel

8 December 1907 Winter break	Servette	5 – 1	Basel	Parc des Sports, Geneva
		Summary

Mannheimer FG 1896 v Basel

24 December 1907 Winter break	Mannheimer FG 1896	0 – 2	Basel	Mannheim
		Summary	(0:1) (0:2)

1. Hanauer FC 1893 v Basel

26 December 1907 Winter break	1. Hanauer FC 1893	1 – 0	Basel	Hanau
	(1:0)	Summary

Serie A

Main article: 1907–08 Swiss Serie A

East group results

St. Gallen v Basel

6 October 1907 Round 1	St. Gallen	3 – 5	Basel	Eisbahnfeld, St. Fiden
	Schwendener II 20' (1:1) Herzog (2:1) Locatelli (3:3)	Summary	(1:0) Thalmann 55' (2:2) Pfeiffer (2:3) Stöhrmann (3:4) Senn (3:5) Pfeiffer	Referee: Landolt (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)

Basel v Young Fellows Zürich

13 October 1907 Round 2	Basel	6 – 0	Young Fellows Zürich	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Thalmann 10' (pen.), 1:0' Stöhrmann (2:0) Senn 60' (3:0) Senn 64' (4:0) Pfeiffer (5:0) Senn (6:0)	Summary		Referee: Schwab (FC Young Boys Bern)

Winterthur v Basel

20 October 1907 Round 3	Winterthur	3 – 1	Basel	Winterthur
	(o.g. 1:0) (2:0) (3:0)	Summary	(3:1)	Referee: Tschudy (FC Blue Stars Zürich)

Basel v Old Boys

27 October 1907 Round 4	Basel	3 – 3	Old Boys	Landhof, Basel
	Pfeiffer (1:0) Thalmann Pfeiffer (2:1) Senn (3:3)	Summary	(o.g. 1:1) Persenico (pen. 2:2) Hopf (2:3) Niggli	Referee: Lalive (FC La Chaux-de-Fonds)

Basel v Grasshopper Club

3 November 1907 Round 5	Basel	3 – 4	Grasshopper Club	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Pfeiffer (1:1) (2:3) Stöhrmann (3:4) Stöhrmann	Summary	(0:1) Schmidt II (1:2) Sutz 40' (1:3) Sutz (2:4) Sutz	Referee:

Zürich v Basel

10 November 1907 Round 6	Zürich	5 – 3	Basel	Zürich
14:30	Hinnen (1:0) Staub (2:0) Schlegel (3:0) Weilenmann (4:2) Staub (5:3)	Summary	(3:1) (3:2) (4:3)	Referee: Arbenz (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)

Basel v Aarau

17 November 1907 Round 7	Basel	6 – 5	Aarau	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hasler Pfeiffer Stöhrmann	[ Summary]		Attendance: 300 Referee: A. Blades

Basel v Zürich

15 March 1908 Round 8	Basel	4 – 2	Zürich	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Senn (1:2) Pfeiffer 70' (2:2) Pfeiffer (3:2) Senn (4:2)	Summary	(0:1) (o.g. 0:2)	Referee: Max Schwab (FC Young Boys Bern)

Young Fellows Zürich v Basel

22 March 1908 Round 9	Young Fellows Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Zürich
		Summary		Referee: H. Tschudy (FC Blue Stars Zürich)

Old Boys v Basel

29 March 1908 Round 10	Old Boys	0 – 1	Basel	Basel
15:30		Summary	24' (o.g. 0:1) Zoller	Referee: Hr. Schupp (FC Old Boys Basel)

Basel v St. Gallen

12 April 1908 Round 11	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Referee: Max Schwab (FC Young Boys Bern)

Aarau v Basel

3 May 1908 Round 12	Aarau	6 – 2	Basel	Aarau
14:30	(1:0) (2:0) (3:1) (4:2) (5:2) (6:2)	Summary	(2:1) (3:2)	Referee: Kratz ( FC Zürich)

Grasshopper Club v Basel

10 May 1908 Round 13	Grasshopper Club	1 – 3	Basel	Zürich
		Summary		Referee: Max Schwab (FC Young Boys Bern)

Basel v Winterthur

24 May 1908 Round 14	Basel	1 – 4	Winterthur	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary		Referee: F. Seiffert (FC Old Boys Basel)

East group league table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Winterthur	14	10	2	2	47	22	+25	22	Advance to finals
2	Old Boys Basel	14	7	2	5	33	29	+4	16
3	FC Basel	14	6	2	6	40	39	+1	14
4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	6	1	7	38	40	−2	13
5	FC Zürich	14	6	1	7	36	39	−3	13
6	Young Fellows Zürich	14	5	3	6	31	46	−15	13
7	FC St. Gallen	14	4	3	7	32	38	−6	11
8	FC Aarau	14	5	0	9	39	43	−4	10

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