| Köln beat Werder Bremen 4-2 (H) on 9 Sep 1989 |
| Werder Bremen beat Karlsruhe 4-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1989 |
| Karlsruhe beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1989 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat Nürnberg 2-1 (H) on 22 Aug 1989 |
| Nürnberg beat 08 Homburg 1-0 (A) on 9 Sep 1989 |
| 08 Homburg beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 (H) on 15 Aug 1989 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Waldhof Mannheim 3-0 (H) on 2 Sep 1989 |
| Waldhof Mannheim beat Bayern München 1-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1989 |
| Bayern München beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 (A) on 9 Sep 1989 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 (A) on 8 Aug 1989 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat VfB Stuttgart 4-2 (H) on 2 Sep 1989 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Uerdingen 1-0 (H) on 9 Sep 1989 |
| Uerdingen beat VfL Bochum 3-1 (H) on 1 Sep 1989 |
| VfL Bochum beat Hamburger SV 3-1 (H) on 12 Aug 1989 |
| Hamburger SV beat Kaiserslautern 3-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1989 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 (H) on 28 Jul 1989 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat St Pauli 4-1 (H) on 15 Aug 1989 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.