| Olympique Lillois beat Metz 1-0 (A) on 25 Sep 1938 |
| Metz beat Saint Étienne 1-0 (A) on 2 Oct 1938 |
| Saint Étienne beat Rouen 2-1 (H) on 11 Sep 1938 |
| Rouen beat Lens 3-0 (H) on 25 Sep 1938 |
| Lens beat Fives 1-0 (H) on 2 Oct 1938 |
| Fives beat Excelsior Roubaix 4-2 (H) on 9 Oct 1938 |
| Excelsior Roubaix beat Sochaux 3-2 (H) on 2 Oct 1938 |
| Sochaux beat Roubaix 3-1 (H) on 4 Sep 1938 |
| Roubaix beat Sète 1-0 (H) on 25 Sep 1938 |
| Sète beat Strasbourg 3-1 (A) on 4 Sep 1938 |
| Strasbourg beat Marseille 1-0 (H) on 2 Oct 1938 |
| Marseille beat Racing 5-2 (H) on 4 Sep 1938 |
| Racing beat Cannes 2-1 (A) on 16 Oct 1938 |
| Cannes beat Le Havre 3-2 (H) on 25 Sep 1938 |
| Le Havre beat Antibes 2-0 (H) on 11 Sep 1938 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.