| Saint Étienne beat Chamois Niortais 2-0 (H) on 4 Sep 1998 |
| Chamois Niortais beat Gueugnon 3-1 (H) on 12 Sep 1998 |
| Gueugnon beat Troyes 1-0 (H) on 19 Sep 1998 |
| Troyes beat Cannes 2-1 (H) on 8 Aug 1998 |
| Cannes beat Amiens 1-0 (H) on 23 Sep 1998 |
| Amiens beat Caen 3-1 (H) on 19 Sep 1998 |
| Caen beat ASOA Valence 1-0 (A) on 4 Sep 1998 |
| ASOA Valence beat Guingamp 2-0 (A) on 29 Aug 1998 |
| Guingamp beat Sedan 2-1 (H) on 23 Sep 1998 |
| Sedan beat Ajaccio 3-0 (H) on 29 Aug 1998 |
| Ajaccio beat Châteauroux 1-0 (H) on 22 Aug 1998 |
| Châteauroux beat Stade Lavallois 2-1 (A) on 4 Sep 1998 |
| Stade Lavallois beat Nîmes 1-0 (A) on 12 Sep 1998 |
| Nîmes beat Red Star 93 2-1 (A) on 19 Sep 1998 |
| Red Star 93 beat Le Mans 2-1 (A) on 29 Aug 1998 |
| Le Mans beat Nice 1-0 (H) on 12 Sep 1998 |
| Nice beat Beauvais 3-0 (A) on 23 Sep 1998 |
| Beauvais beat Lille 1-0 (H) on 12 Sep 1998 |
| Lille beat ES Wasquehal 1-0 (A) on 29 Aug 1998 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.