| Nantes beat Marseille 4-1 (H) on 1 Dec 1979 |
| Marseille beat Nice 3-0 (A) on 28 Sep 1979 |
| Nice beat SC Bastia 2-1 (H) on 28 Aug 1979 |
| SC Bastia beat Bordeaux 2-1 (H) on 11 Sep 1979 |
| Bordeaux beat Valenciennes Anzin 7-0 (H) on 10 Aug 1979 |
| Valenciennes Anzin beat Nîmes 4-1 (H) on 24 Nov 1979 |
| Nîmes beat PSG 2-0 (H) on 13 Oct 1979 |
| PSG beat Strasbourg 1-0 (H) on 2 Nov 1979 |
| Strasbourg beat Nancy 4-3 (A) on 19 Oct 1979 |
| Nancy beat Stade Lavallois 2-1 (H) on 28 Aug 1979 |
| Stade Lavallois beat Angers 3-2 (H) on 22 Sep 1979 |
| Angers beat Brest 1-0 (A) on 6 Oct 1979 |
| Brest beat Olympique Lyonnais 5-1 (H) on 1 Dec 1979 |
| Olympique Lyonnais beat Lille 4-2 (H) on 19 Oct 1979 |
| Lille beat Monaco 3-1 (H) on 28 Sep 1979 |
| Monaco beat Metz 3-0 (H) on 21 Nov 1979 |
| Metz beat Lens 2-1 (H) on 26 Jul 1979 |
| Lens beat Saint Étienne 4-3 (H) on 6 Oct 1979 |
| Saint Étienne beat Sochaux 2-1 (H) on 28 Aug 1979 |
| Sochaux beat Nantes 1-0 (H) on 25 Nov 1979 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.