| Bordeaux beat Angers 1-0 (H) on 29 Aug 1980 |
| Angers beat Stade Lavallois 2-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1980 |
| Stade Lavallois beat Nancy 1-0 (H) on 29 Jul 1980 |
| Nancy beat Metz 2-0 (H) on 5 Aug 1980 |
| Metz beat SC Bastia 1-0 (H) on 12 Aug 1980 |
| SC Bastia beat Saint Étienne 2-1 (H) on 5 Aug 1980 |
| Saint Étienne beat Nice 3-2 (H) on 29 Jul 1980 |
| Nice beat Nantes 3-2 (H) on 5 Aug 1980 |
| Nantes beat Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 (H) on 22 Aug 1980 |
| Olympique Lyonnais beat Monaco 3-2 (H) on 5 Aug 1980 |
| Monaco beat PSG 4-0 (H) on 22 Aug 1980 |
| PSG beat Strasbourg 1-0 (H) on 29 Jul 1980 |
| Strasbourg beat Valenciennes Anzin 2-1 (A) on 12 Aug 1980 |
| Valenciennes Anzin beat Auxerre 2-0 (H) on 22 Aug 1980 |
| Auxerre beat Lille 3-2 (A) on 19 Aug 1980 |
| Lille beat Lens 2-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1980 |
| Lens beat Sochaux 2-1 (A) on 24 Jul 1980 |
| Sochaux beat Tours 1-0 (H) on 29 Jul 1980 |
| Tours beat Nîmes 4-3 (H) on 19 Aug 1980 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.