Fellow Austrian international Otto Haftl signed in from AC Sparta Prague to the team becoming Basel's first ever fully professional football player.

In the second half of the season things improved and with six victories in the last seven games Basel were able to rise from the foot of the table.

[2] In the 1st principal round of the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn away against and defeated lower classed SC Veltheim.

The Grasshoppers won the final 5–1 against Urania Genève Sport[3] An episode that is noted in association with the Cup, was the second-round replay away against FC Lugano on 22 November 1931.

However, shortly before the end of the match referee Hans Wüthrich did not blow his whistle and award a penalty after an alleged handball by a Basel player.

It was some eight hours later, before things were settled enough, for the police to able to bring both the referee and the entire Basel team to safety, by ship over Lake Lugano.

[5] Josef Remay had a bleeding head, Hermann Enderlin had a hole above his eye, Leopold Kielholz and goalkeeper Paul Blumer were also hurt.

[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.