| Werder Bremen beat Köln 2-1 (H) on 7 Nov 1987 |
| Köln beat Hamburger SV 1-0 (H) on 31 Oct 1987 |
| Hamburger SV beat Schalke 5-2 (H) on 1 Aug 1987 |
| Schalke beat Kaiserslautern 5-0 (H) on 22 Aug 1987 |
| Kaiserslautern beat VfB Stuttgart 2-1 (H) on 26 Sep 1987 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat VfL Bochum 3-0 (H) on 3 Oct 1987 |
| VfL Bochum beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 (H) on 9 Oct 1987 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Waldhof Mannheim 1-0 (H) on 31 Jul 1987 |
| Waldhof Mannheim beat Karlsruhe 4-1 (H) on 17 Oct 1987 |
| Karlsruhe beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 (A) on 3 Oct 1987 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat Hannover 3-2 (A) on 25 Sep 1987 |
| Hannover beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 (A) on 7 Nov 1987 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Uerdingen 2-1 (H) on 8 Aug 1987 |
| Uerdingen beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 (H) on 14 Aug 1987 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Nürnberg 3-1 (H) on 26 Sep 1987 |
| Nürnberg beat 08 Homburg 4-0 (A) on 5 Sep 1987 |
| 08 Homburg beat Bayern München 3-2 (H) on 22 Aug 1987 |
| Bayern München beat Werder Bremen 2-1 (H) on 19 Sep 1987 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.