| Olympique Lyonnais beat Chamois Niortais 1-0 (A) on 3 Sep 1988 |
| Chamois Niortais beat Istres Sports 3-1 (H) on 15 Jul 1988 |
| Istres Sports beat CO Le Puy 2-1 (H) on 13 Aug 1988 |
| CO Le Puy beat Football Club Grenoble Dauphiné 2-0 (H) on 27 Jul 1988 |
| Football Club Grenoble Dauphiné beat Sète 1-0 (A) on 17 Aug 1988 |
| Sète beat Olympique d'Alès en Cévennes 1-0 (H) on 10 Sep 1988 |
| Olympique d'Alès en Cévennes beat CS Cuiseaux Louhans 2-0 (H) on 2 Sep 1988 |
| CS Cuiseaux Louhans beat Martigues 3-0 (H) on 6 Aug 1988 |
| Martigues beat Le Havre 1-0 (H) on 27 Aug 1988 |
| Le Havre beat Nîmes 3-2 (H) on 13 Aug 1988 |
| Nîmes beat Cercle Football Dijon 2-0 (H) on 9 Sep 1988 |
| Cercle Football Dijon beat Sporting Étoile Club Bastia 2-1 (H) on 3 Sep 1988 |
| Sporting Étoile Club Bastia beat Annecy 3-2 (H) on 27 Jul 1988 |
| Annecy beat Orléans 2-1 (H) on 30 Jul 1988 |
| Orléans beat Rodez 4-1 (H) on 27 Aug 1988 |
| Rodez beat Clermont Football Club 2-1 (A) on 17 Aug 1988 |
| Clermont Football Club beat Montceau Bourgogne 2-1 (H) on 6 Aug 1988 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.