| 1 |  Julian de Guzmán | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Canada Jamaica | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 2 |  Christian Poulsen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 3 |  Christoph Preuß | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 4 |  Lars Jungnickel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 5 |  Carsten Sträßer | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 6 |  Robert Vujevic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 7 |  Rogier Molhoek | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 8 |  Karim Touzani | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands Morocco | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 9 |  Paul Scharner | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Austria | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 10 |  Alou Diarra | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 11 |  Ivica Banovic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 12 |  Owen Hargreaves | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England Canada | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 13 |  Goran Sukalo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Slovenia | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 14 |  Jordy Zuidam | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 15 |  Marco Engelhardt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 16 |  Sandro Stallbaum | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 17 |  Michael Carrick | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 18 |  Markus Krösche | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 19 |  Jurica Vranjes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 20 |  Peer Kluge | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 21 |  Christian Mikolajczak | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Poland | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 22 |  Hanno Balitsch | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 23 |  Maik Wagefeld | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 24 |  Roda Antar | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Lebanon Sierra Leone | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 25 |  Jens Truckenbrod | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 26 |  Simon Rolfes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1982 | - |
| 27 |  Adam Chambers | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 28 |  Stefan Kühne | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1980 | - |
| 29 |  Adebowale Ogungbure | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Nigeria Germany | Retired | 1981 | - |
| 30 |  Marcel Meeuwis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Retired | 1980 | - |