| Schalke beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 (H) on 15 Sep 1979 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat VfB Stuttgart 2-0 (H) on 28 Aug 1979 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Köln 3-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Köln beat Eintracht Braunschweig 8-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1979 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat MSV Duisburg 2-0 (H) on 18 Aug 1979 |
| MSV Duisburg beat Hamburger SV 3-0 (H) on 7 Sep 1979 |
| Hamburger SV beat Hertha Berlin 5-1 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Hertha Berlin beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 (H) on 8 Sep 1979 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Bayern München 2-1 (H) on 5 Sep 1979 |
| Bayern München beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 (H) on 11 Aug 1979 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Kaiserslautern 3-1 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 4-0 (H) on 11 Aug 1979 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Werder Bremen 4-1 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Werder Bremen beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 (H) on 28 Aug 1979 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat Uerdingen 3-1 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Uerdingen beat 1860 München 1-0 (H) on 29 Aug 1979 |
| 1860 München beat VfL Bochum 1-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.