Daniel Hug (the team's most prominent, their best and their largest player) was named as team captain and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Together with goalkeeper Paul Hofer, the players Alphonse Schorpp, Eugen Strauss, Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer, Ernst-Alfred Thalmann and Emil Hasler, Hug was one of many early national team players who came from the Basel team.
