| PSG beat Strasbourg 2-1 (H) on 14 Nov 1978 |
| Strasbourg beat Paris FC 1-0 (A) on 5 Sep 1978 |
| Paris FC beat Reims 2-0 (A) on 11 Oct 1978 |
| Reims beat Valenciennes Anzin 2-1 (H) on 4 Nov 1978 |
| Valenciennes Anzin beat Lille 4-2 (H) on 25 Jul 1978 |
| Lille beat Monaco 4-2 (H) on 28 Jul 1978 |
| Monaco beat Marseille 2-1 (A) on 19 Sep 1978 |
| Marseille beat SC Bastia 3-1 (A) on 22 Aug 1978 |
| SC Bastia beat Nice 5-2 (H) on 2 Aug 1978 |
| Nice beat Stade Lavallois 2-1 (H) on 5 Sep 1978 |
| Stade Lavallois beat Bordeaux 3-1 (H) on 25 Aug 1978 |
| Bordeaux beat Saint Étienne 3-1 (A) on 4 Nov 1978 |
| Saint Étienne beat Sochaux 3-1 (H) on 28 Jul 1978 |
| Sochaux beat Nancy 2-1 (A) on 8 Sep 1978 |
| Nancy beat Nîmes 3-0 (H) on 25 Jul 1978 |
| Nîmes beat Nantes 4-2 (H) on 8 Aug 1978 |
| Nantes beat Olympique Lyonnais 3-0 (A) on 14 Nov 1978 |
| Olympique Lyonnais beat Angers 3-0 (H) on 22 Sep 1978 |
| Angers beat Metz 3-1 (H) on 27 Oct 1978 |
| Metz beat PSG 2-0 (A) on 25 Jul 1978 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.