| Sète beat Lens 3-1 (H) on 29 Nov 1953 |
| Lens beat Le Havre 2-1 (A) on 8 Nov 1953 |
| Le Havre beat Saint Étienne 2-0 (H) on 23 Aug 1953 |
| Saint Étienne beat Stade Français 2-1 (H) on 8 Nov 1953 |
| Stade Français beat Metz 2-1 (H) on 25 Oct 1953 |
| Metz beat Nîmes 2-0 (H) on 1 Nov 1953 |
| Nîmes beat Bordeaux 2-0 (H) on 15 Nov 1953 |
| Bordeaux beat Monaco 4-3 (H) on 25 Oct 1953 |
| Monaco beat Reims 2-1 (H) on 29 Nov 1953 |
| Reims beat Sochaux 4-1 (H) on 30 Aug 1953 |
| Sochaux beat Nancy 7-1 (H) on 1 Nov 1953 |
| Nancy beat Marseille 2-1 (H) on 13 Sep 1953 |
| Marseille beat Strasbourg 5-1 (H) on 15 Nov 1953 |
| Strasbourg beat Lille 2-1 (H) on 23 Aug 1953 |
| Lille beat Toulouse 1-0 (H) on 29 Nov 1953 |
| Toulouse beat Nice 4-1 (H) on 13 Sep 1953 |
| Nice beat CO Roubaix Tourcoing 3-1 (H) on 30 Aug 1953 |
| CO Roubaix Tourcoing beat Sète 1-0 (H) on 22 Nov 1953 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.