| 1 |  Christian Poulsen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | Retired | 1980 | — |
| 2 |  Jens Truckenbrod | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1980 | — |
| 3 |  Sven Vandenbroeck | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 4 |  Christoph Dabrowski | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Poland | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 5 |  Mathieu Berson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | Retired | 1980 | — |
| 6 |  Marco Kurth | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 7 |  Boris Kolb | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 8 |  Junichi Inamoto | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 9 |  Orlando Engelaar | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands Suriname | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 10 |  Mohammed Muftawu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ghana | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 11 |  Zlatan Bajramovic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 12 |  Michael Mutzel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 13 |  Aldo Duscher | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Austria | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 14 |  Jurica Vranjes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | Retired | 1980 | — |
| 15 |  Sean Davis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 16 |  Dennis Probst | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 17 |  Timo Rost | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 18 |  Michael Lorenz | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 19 |  Resit Schuurman | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 20 |  Teemu Tainio | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Finland | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 21 |  Jacob Burns | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 22 |  Daniel Cartus | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 23 |  Dimitrios Grammozis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece Germany | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 24 |  Andreas Voss | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 25 |  Igor Biscan | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 26 |  Fabian Ernst | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 27 |  Luca Iodice | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Switzerland Italy | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 28 |  Florian Bruns | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 29 |  Ünal Demirkıran | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Türkiye | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 30 |  Paul Scharner | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Austria | Retired | 1980 | — |