| 1860 München beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 (A) on 27 Sep 1997 |
| Borussia Dortmund beat VfL Bochum 5-2 (H) on 23 Aug 1997 |
| VfL Bochum beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 (H) on 20 Sep 1997 |
| VfL Wolfsburg beat Hansa Rostock 1-0 (A) on 2 Aug 1997 |
| Hansa Rostock beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (A) on 12 Sep 1997 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat VfB Stuttgart 2-1 (H) on 5 Aug 1997 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0 (H) on 21 Sep 1997 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Köln 4-1 (H) on 23 Aug 1997 |
| Köln beat MSV Duisburg 3-2 (H) on 2 Aug 1997 |
| MSV Duisburg beat Schalke 1-0 (H) on 5 Aug 1997 |
| Schalke beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 (H) on 1 Aug 1997 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Karlsruhe 6-1 (H) on 23 Aug 1997 |
| Karlsruhe beat Werder Bremen 3-1 (H) on 2 Aug 1997 |
| Werder Bremen beat Kaiserslautern 3-1 (A) on 27 Sep 1997 |
| Kaiserslautern beat Bayern München 1-0 (A) on 2 Aug 1997 |
| Bayern München beat Hamburger SV 2-0 (A) on 24 Aug 1997 |
| Hamburger SV beat Hertha Berlin 2-0 (A) on 29 Aug 1997 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.