| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Bayern München 2-1 (H) on 1 Apr 1989 |
| Bayern München beat Kaiserslautern 5-1 (H) on 27 Aug 1988 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Nürnberg 2-1 (H) on 8 Oct 1988 |
| Nürnberg beat VfL Bochum 3-1 (H) on 27 Aug 1988 |
| VfL Bochum beat VfB Stuttgart 1-0 (H) on 1 Nov 1988 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat St Pauli 2-1 (H) on 19 Mar 1989 |
| St Pauli beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 (H) on 22 Oct 1988 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 3-1 (H) on 25 Mar 1989 |
| Werder Bremen beat Hamburger SV 2-1 (H) on 23 Jul 1988 |
| Hamburger SV beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 (A) on 26 Nov 1988 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Karlsruhe 1-0 (H) on 12 Nov 1988 |
| Karlsruhe beat Uerdingen 3-0 (A) on 25 Mar 1989 |
| Uerdingen beat Hannover 5-0 (A) on 12 Nov 1988 |
| Hannover beat Stuttgarter Kickers 1-0 (A) on 21 Oct 1988 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 (A) on 30 Jul 1988 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Köln 1-0 (H) on 19 Aug 1988 |
| Köln beat Waldhof Mannheim 1-0 (H) on 2 Dec 1988 |
| Waldhof Mannheim beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-1 (H) on 13 Aug 1988 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.