| Twente beat Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 (H) on 25 Sep 1988 |
| Sparta Rotterdam beat PEC Zwolle '82 3-1 (H) on 4 Sep 1988 |
| PEC Zwolle '82 beat BV Veendam 2-1 (A) on 21 Aug 1988 |
| BV Veendam beat Waalwijk 2-0 (H) on 18 Sep 1988 |
| Waalwijk beat Willem II 3-1 (H) on 4 Sep 1988 |
| Willem II beat Roda JC 1-0 (H) on 31 Aug 1988 |
| Roda JC beat BVV Den Bosch 3-2 (H) on 28 Aug 1988 |
| BVV Den Bosch beat Utrecht 1-0 (H) on 9 Oct 1988 |
| Utrecht beat Feyenoord 3-1 (H) on 4 Sep 1988 |
| Feyenoord beat Groningen 2-1 (H) on 31 Aug 1988 |
| Groningen beat MVV Maastricht 4-1 (H) on 28 Aug 1988 |
| MVV Maastricht beat Fortuna Sittard 2-1 (H) on 4 Sep 1988 |
| Fortuna Sittard beat Ajax 2-1 (H) on 21 Aug 1988 |
| Ajax beat PSV Eindhoven 2-0 (H) on 9 Oct 1988 |
| PSV Eindhoven beat Volendam 2-0 (H) on 28 Aug 1988 |
| Volendam beat SBV Haarlem 4-0 (H) on 31 Aug 1988 |
| SBV Haarlem beat VVV Venlo 2-0 (H) on 4 Sep 1988 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.