| Bayern München beat Kaiserslautern 5-1 (H) on 27 Aug 1988 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Stuttgarter Kickers 6-0 (H) on 3 Sep 1988 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Hamburger SV 2-0 (H) on 27 Aug 1988 |
| Hamburger SV beat Uerdingen 3-0 (H) on 13 Sep 1988 |
| Uerdingen beat Karlsruhe 1-0 (A) on 3 Sep 1988 |
| Karlsruhe beat St Pauli 3-1 (H) on 19 Aug 1988 |
| St Pauli beat VfB Stuttgart 2-1 (H) on 26 Aug 1988 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Köln 2-0 (H) on 3 Sep 1988 |
| Köln beat VfL Bochum 1-0 (H) on 16 Aug 1988 |
| VfL Bochum beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 (H) on 10 Sep 1988 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Nürnberg 1-0 (H) on 3 Sep 1988 |
| Nürnberg beat Waldhof Mannheim 1-0 (H) on 20 Aug 1988 |
| Waldhof Mannheim beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-1 (H) on 13 Aug 1988 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Werder Bremen 4-1 (H) on 20 Aug 1988 |
| Werder Bremen beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 (H) on 13 Aug 1988 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 (H) on 20 Aug 1988 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat Hannover 4-0 (H) on 13 Sep 1988 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.