| Energie Cottbus beat Sachsen Leipzig 2-0 (H) on 10 Nov 1996 |
| Sachsen Leipzig beat Union Berlin 1-0 (H) on 3 Nov 1996 |
| Union Berlin beat Chemnitzer 1-0 (H) on 19 Oct 1996 |
| Chemnitzer beat VFC Plauen 1-0 (A) on 9 Nov 1996 |
| VFC Plauen beat Lok Altmark Stendal 1-0 (H) on 19 Oct 1996 |
| Lok Altmark Stendal beat Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 2-0 (H) on 1 Sep 1996 |
| Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt beat SC Charlottenburg 2-1 (H) on 19 Oct 1996 |
| SC Charlottenburg beat Wacker Nordhausen 4-0 (H) on 13 Oct 1996 |
| Wacker Nordhausen beat Hertha Zehlendorf 4-1 (H) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| Hertha Zehlendorf beat Spandauer SV 3-1 (H) on 10 Nov 1996 |
| Spandauer SV beat Erzgebirge Aue 2-0 (H) on 25 Aug 1996 |
| Erzgebirge Aue beat Rot Weiß Erfurt 2-1 (H) on 31 Aug 1996 |
| Rot Weiß Erfurt beat TeBe Berlin 3-2 (A) on 9 Nov 1996 |
| TeBe Berlin beat Dynamo Dresden 2-1 (H) on 18 Oct 1996 |
| Dynamo Dresden beat Reinickendorfer Füchse 1-0 (A) on 5 Oct 1996 |
| Reinickendorfer Füchse beat Berlin 3-0 (A) on 31 Aug 1996 |
| Berlin beat FSV 90 Velten 2-1 (A) on 7 Sep 1996 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.