| Fortuna Köln beat SG Union Solingen 2-1 (A) on 21 Sep 1979 |
| SG Union Solingen beat TeBe Berlin 3-1 (H) on 9 Aug 1979 |
| TeBe Berlin beat Alemannia Aachen 3-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat DSC Wanne Eickel 1-0 (H) on 3 Aug 1979 |
| DSC Wanne Eickel beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 3-1 (H) on 21 Aug 1979 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid 5-0 (H) on 21 Sep 1979 |
| Rot Weiß Lüdenscheid beat Arminia Hannover 1-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Arminia Hannover beat VfL Osnabrück 2-0 (H) on 28 Jul 1979 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Rot Weiss Essen 2-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Wattenscheid 5-0 (H) on 9 Aug 1979 |
| Wattenscheid beat SC Herford 2-1 (H) on 18 Aug 1979 |
| SC Herford beat SC Viktoria 04 Köln 1-0 (A) on 3 Aug 1979 |
| SC Viktoria 04 Köln beat Holstein Kiel 3-1 (H) on 1 Sep 1979 |
| Holstein Kiel beat Preußen Münster 3-0 (H) on 9 Aug 1979 |
| Preußen Münster beat OSV Hannover 1-0 (A) on 29 Jul 1979 |
| OSV Hannover beat Hannover 1-0 (A) on 3 Aug 1979 |
| Hannover beat OSC Bremerhaven 4-2 (A) on 28 Jul 1979 |
| OSC Bremerhaven beat Wuppertaler SV 3-2 (A) on 21 Sep 1979 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.