| Borussia Dortmund beat Hansa Rostock 1-0 (A) on 21 Sep 2002 |
| Hansa Rostock beat VfL Bochum 1-0 (A) on 15 Sep 2002 |
| VfL Bochum beat Energie Cottbus 5-0 (H) on 17 Aug 2002 |
| Energie Cottbus beat Hannover 3-1 (A) on 11 Sep 2002 |
| Hannover beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 (A) on 14 Sep 2002 |
| Bayer Leverkusen beat Bayern München 2-1 (H) on 28 Sep 2002 |
| Bayern München beat 1860 München 3-1 (H) on 10 Sep 2002 |
| 1860 München beat Werder Bremen 3-0 (H) on 24 Aug 2002 |
| Werder Bremen beat Nürnberg 4-1 (H) on 10 Sep 2002 |
| Nürnberg beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 (A) on 21 Sep 2002 |
| VfL Wolfsburg beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 (H) on 18 Aug 2002 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Hertha Berlin 2-1 (A) on 10 Sep 2002 |
| Hertha Berlin beat Hamburger SV 2-0 (H) on 21 Sep 2002 |
| Hamburger SV beat VfB Stuttgart 3-2 (H) on 28 Sep 2002 |
| VfB Stuttgart beat Arminia Bielefeld 3-0 (H) on 22 Sep 2002 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Schalke 2-1 (H) on 28 Sep 2002 |
| Schalke beat Kaiserslautern 3-1 (A) on 17 Aug 2002 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.