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