| Brest Armorique beat Mulhouse 1893 3-2 (H) on 3 Sep 1988 |
| Mulhouse 1893 beat AEP Le Bourg sous La Roche 2-1 (A) on 20 Aug 1988 |
| AEP Le Bourg sous La Roche beat Dunkerque 1-0 (H) on 30 Jul 1988 |
| Dunkerque beat Beauvais Oise 1-0 (H) on 6 Aug 1988 |
| Beauvais Oise beat Nancy Lorraine 2-1 (H) on 16 Jul 1988 |
| Nancy Lorraine beat Gueugnon 2-0 (H) on 20 Aug 1988 |
| Gueugnon beat Angers 2-1 (H) on 17 Aug 1988 |
| Angers beat Quimper Cornouaille 2-1 (H) on 3 Sep 1988 |
| Quimper Cornouaille beat SC Abbeville 3-0 (H) on 16 Jul 1988 |
| SC Abbeville beat Reims 4-1 (H) on 23 Jul 1988 |
| Reims beat Le Touquet ACF 4-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1988 |
| Le Touquet ACF beat Rouen 1-0 (H) on 3 Sep 1988 |
| Rouen beat Union sportive Créteil 2-0 (H) on 27 Aug 1988 |
| Union sportive Créteil beat Rennes 3-1 (H) on 16 Jul 1988 |
| Rennes beat Guingamp 3-1 (H) on 12 Aug 1988 |
| Guingamp beat Valenciennes Anzin Arrondissement 3-2 (H) on 27 Jul 1988 |
| Valenciennes Anzin Arrondissement beat Le Mans 3-0 (H) on 17 Aug 1988 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.