| 1 | Chris Baird | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Northern Ireland | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 2 | Mladen Kascelan | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Montenegro | Retired | 1983 | — |
| 3 | Thierno Bah | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Guinea Switzerland | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 4 | Danko Boskovic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Montenegro | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 5 | Christian Mikolajczak | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Poland | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 6 | Adebowale Ogungbure | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Nigeria Germany | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 7 | Christoph Preuß | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 8 | David Solga | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 9 | Oliver Kirch | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 10 | Maik Wagefeld | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 11 | Goran Sukalo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Slovenia | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 12 | Julian de Guzmán | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Canada Jamaica | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 13 | Alou Diarra | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 14 | Mohamed Coubageat | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Togo | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 15 | Walker | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 16 | Djibril Sidibé | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali France | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 17 | Nicolás Medina | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 18 | Rogier Molhoek | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 19 | Sven Kegel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 20 | Sandro Stallbaum | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 21 | Simon Rolfes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 22 | Malte Metzelder | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 23 | Stefan Beckert | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 24 | Lars Jungnickel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 25 | Michael Carrick | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Retired | 1981 | — |
| 26 | Anthony Obodai | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ghana | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 27 | Barbaros Barut | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye Germany | Retired | 1983 | — |
| 28 | Torsten Reuter | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 29 | Tamandani Nsaliwa | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Canada Germany | Retired | 1982 | — |
| 30 | Tim Kruse | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1983 | — |