| Kaiserslautern beat FSV Zwickau 4-1 (H) on 15 Nov 1996 |
| FSV Zwickau beat Rot Weiss Essen 2-1 (H) on 3 Nov 1996 |
| Rot Weiss Essen beat VfB Lübeck 2-0 (H) on 25 Oct 1996 |
| VfB Lübeck beat Carl Zeiss Jena 1-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena beat Stuttgarter Kickers 2-1 (A) on 20 Oct 1996 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat Mainz 2-1 (H) on 2 Nov 1996 |
| Mainz beat VfB Oldenburg 3-0 (H) on 13 Sep 1996 |
| VfB Oldenburg beat VfB Leipzig 4-1 (H) on 3 Oct 1996 |
| VfB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 (A) on 2 Nov 1996 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt beat Fortuna Köln 3-1 (H) on 25 Aug 1996 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Gütersloh 3-0 (H) on 20 Sep 1996 |
| Gütersloh beat Uerdingen 2-0 (A) on 7 Aug 1996 |
| Uerdingen beat Waldhof Mannheim 4-1 (H) on 27 Sep 1996 |
| Waldhof Mannheim beat Hertha Berlin 2-1 (H) on 18 Oct 1996 |
| Hertha Berlin beat SpVgg Unterhaching 3-0 (H) on 15 Nov 1996 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching beat VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 (H) on 4 Nov 1996 |
| VfL Wolfsburg beat SV Meppen 3-1 (H) on 27 Oct 1996 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.