| Wattenscheid beat VfL Osnabrück 3-0 (A) on 20 Sep 1989 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Alemannia Aachen 3-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1989 |
| Alemannia Aachen beat SpVgg Unterhaching 2-0 (H) on 23 Aug 1989 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching beat Preußen Münster 3-0 (H) on 20 Sep 1989 |
| Preußen Münster beat SV Meppen 2-1 (H) on 17 Sep 1989 |
| SV Meppen beat Darmstadt 3-0 (H) on 20 Sep 1989 |
| Darmstadt beat Schalke 3-2 (H) on 17 Sep 1989 |
| Schalke beat Fortuna Köln 3-0 (H) on 27 Aug 1989 |
| Fortuna Köln beat MSV Duisburg 2-0 (A) on 16 Aug 1989 |
| MSV Duisburg beat SpVgg Bayreuth 3-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1989 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth beat Hessen Kassel 5-1 (H) on 27 Aug 1989 |
| Hessen Kassel beat Eintracht Braunschweig 2-1 (H) on 17 Sep 1989 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig beat Saarbrücken 1-0 (A) on 30 Sep 1989 |
| Saarbrücken beat Hannover 2-0 (H) on 12 Aug 1989 |
| Hannover beat Stuttgarter Kickers 5-1 (H) on 20 Sep 1989 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Hertha Berlin 4-2 (H) on 16 Aug 1989 |
| Hertha Berlin beat Blau Weiß Berlin 3-2 (A) on 28 Sep 1989 |
| Blau Weiß Berlin beat Freiburg 3-1 (H) on 6 Aug 1989 |
| Freiburg beat Rot Weiss Essen 1-0 (A) on 23 Aug 1989 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.