| Alemannia Aachen beat Karlsruhe 4-0 (H) on 4 Oct 1986 |
| Karlsruhe beat Freiburg 4-2 (H) on 27 Sep 1986 |
| Freiburg beat Hannover 3-2 (H) on 20 Sep 1986 |
| Hannover beat Wattenscheid 2-0 (A) on 6 Sep 1986 |
| Wattenscheid beat VfL Osnabrück 5-0 (H) on 4 Oct 1986 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Ulm 3-0 (H) on 13 Sep 1986 |
| Ulm beat Darmstadt 2-0 (H) on 26 Jul 1986 |
| Darmstadt beat St Pauli 4-2 (H) on 27 Sep 1986 |
| St Pauli beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 5-1 (H) on 20 Sep 1986 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat Rot Weiss Essen 2-0 (H) on 26 Jul 1986 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat Viktoria Aschaffenburg 5-1 (H) on 27 Sep 1986 |
| Viktoria Aschaffenburg beat Hessen Kassel 4-1 (A) on 26 Jul 1986 |
| Hessen Kassel beat FSV Salmrohr 5-0 (A) on 13 Sep 1986 |
| FSV Salmrohr beat Saarbrücken 2-0 (A) on 2 Aug 1986 |
| Saarbrücken beat Stuttgarter Kickers 2-0 (H) on 16 Aug 1986 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Fortuna Köln 6-1 (A) on 4 Oct 1986 |
| Fortuna Köln beat SG Union Solingen 2-1 (H) on 23 Aug 1986 |
| SG Union Solingen beat Arminia Bielefeld 2-1 (H) on 27 Sep 1986 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Eintracht Braunschweig 3-2 (A) on 9 Aug 1986 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.