| Lille beat Saint Étienne 1-0 (H) on 25 Oct 1953 |
| Saint Étienne beat Stade Français 2-1 (H) on 8 Nov 1953 |
| Stade Français beat Metz 2-1 (H) on 25 Oct 1953 |
| Metz beat Sète 1-0 (H) on 8 Nov 1953 |
| Sète beat Nancy 1-0 (H) on 23 Aug 1953 |
| Nancy beat Reims 1-0 (H) on 15 Nov 1953 |
| Reims beat Marseille 2-0 (A) on 27 Sep 1953 |
| Marseille beat Strasbourg 5-1 (H) on 15 Nov 1953 |
| Strasbourg beat Toulouse 2-0 (H) on 10 Sep 1953 |
| Toulouse beat Nice 4-1 (H) on 13 Sep 1953 |
| Nice beat Lens 3-2 (A) on 23 Aug 1953 |
| Lens beat Nîmes 4-1 (H) on 27 Sep 1953 |
| Nîmes beat Bordeaux 2-0 (H) on 15 Nov 1953 |
| Bordeaux beat CO Roubaix Tourcoing 2-0 (A) on 10 Sep 1953 |
| CO Roubaix Tourcoing beat Monaco 2-0 (A) on 6 Sep 1953 |
| Monaco beat Le Havre 4-1 (H) on 13 Sep 1953 |
| Le Havre beat Sochaux 1-0 (A) on 10 Sep 1953 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.