| Strasbourg Alsace beat Rennes 3-0 (H) on 22 Aug 1987 |
| Rennes beat AEP Le Bourg sous La Roche 1-0 (H) on 19 Aug 1987 |
| AEP Le Bourg sous La Roche beat Entente Melun Fontainebleau 77 1-0 (H) on 1 Aug 1987 |
| Entente Melun Fontainebleau 77 beat Mulhouse 1893 2-1 (A) on 29 Aug 1987 |
| Mulhouse 1893 beat Nancy Lorraine 2-1 (A) on 18 Jul 1987 |
| Nancy Lorraine beat CO Saint Dizier 3-0 (H) on 12 Sep 1987 |
| CO Saint Dizier beat Beauvais Oise 1-0 (A) on 29 Aug 1987 |
| Beauvais Oise beat Quimper Cornouaille 5-2 (H) on 25 Jul 1987 |
| Quimper Cornouaille beat Rouen 2-0 (H) on 12 Sep 1987 |
| Rouen beat Caen 2-1 (H) on 2 Sep 1987 |
| Caen beat Lorient 2-0 (A) on 22 Aug 1987 |
| Lorient beat Reims 3-1 (A) on 19 Aug 1987 |
| Reims beat Valenciennes Anzin Arrondissement 1-0 (H) on 28 Aug 1987 |
| Valenciennes Anzin Arrondissement beat Guingamp 5-3 (H) on 25 Jul 1987 |
| Guingamp beat Angers 3-2 (H) on 22 Aug 1987 |
| Angers beat SC Abbeville 2-0 (H) on 24 Jul 1987 |
| SC Abbeville beat Dunkerque 2-1 (A) on 22 Aug 1987 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.