| Ulm beat SpVgg Unterhaching 3-1 (H) on 21 Aug 1998 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching beat Mainz 1-0 (H) on 13 Sep 1998 |
| Mainz beat Greuther Fürth 3-0 (H) on 2 Aug 1998 |
| Greuther Fürth beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-0 (H) on 13 Sep 1998 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Gütersloh 3-1 (H) on 9 Aug 1998 |
| Gütersloh beat Hannover 2-1 (H) on 23 Aug 1998 |
| Hannover beat Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 (A) on 10 Aug 1998 |
| Arminia Bielefeld beat Fortuna Köln 2-1 (H) on 26 Sep 1998 |
| Fortuna Köln beat Stuttgarter Kickers 2-1 (H) on 11 Aug 1998 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers beat TeBe Berlin 1-0 (H) on 18 Sep 1998 |
| TeBe Berlin beat Energie Cottbus 1-0 (H) on 9 Aug 1998 |
| Energie Cottbus beat Karlsruhe 4-0 (H) on 23 Aug 1998 |
| Karlsruhe beat St Pauli 3-0 (H) on 17 Aug 1998 |
| St Pauli beat Köln 4-1 (A) on 14 Sep 1998 |
| Köln beat Rot Weiß Oberhausen 2-1 (H) on 27 Sep 1998 |
| Rot Weiß Oberhausen beat Wattenscheid 1-0 (H) on 23 Aug 1998 |
| Wattenscheid beat Uerdingen 2-1 (H) on 27 Sep 1998 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.