The team was composed mainly of a group of English-speaking students of the chemical engineering department at the Federal Polytechnic School.

[2] The club shared close ties with the homonymous rowing team, who consisted of expat students from the same school and were attested as early as 1872.

[4][5] They competed in the inaugural 1898–99 Swiss Serie A season organized by the Swiss Football Association (which several members were also part of), where they were crowned champions after beating Old Boys Basel 7–0 in the finals, winning a prize of 400 francs.

[6] In the following season, the club struggled with membership numbers due to its nature as a student association, retaining players for a short amount of time.

Consequently, certain players moved to teams such as FC Basel and Servette, some of whom eventually joined to form the Anglo-American Wanderers to compete in the 1903–04 season.