A wannan lokacin ne DFB ta zabi 'yan wasan, saboda babu wani mai horarwa na musamman. Manajan farko na kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Jamus shi ne Otto Nerz, malamin makaranta daga Mannheim, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin 1926 zuwa 1936. Hukumar kwallon kafa ta Jamus ba ta iya tafiya zuwa Uruguay don gasar cin kofin duniya ta farko da aka shirya a 1930 a lokacin Babban Mawuyacin hali, amma ya gama na uku a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1934 a farkon bayyanar su a gasar. Bayan rashin talauci a Wasannin Olympics na 1936 a Berlin, Sepp Herberger ya zama koci. A 1937 ya kafa tawagar da aka yi wa lakabi da Breslau Elf (Breslau Eleven) don girmamawa da 8<unk>0 da suka yi a kan Denmark a garin Breslau, Lower Silesia (yanzu Wrocław, Poland).
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