| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Edvin Kurtulus | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden Kosovo | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2000 | €3.5m |
| 2 |  Hannes Delcroix | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium Haiti | Burnley FC | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 3 |  Gilberto Sepúlveda | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Deportivo Guadalajara | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 4 |  Jesper Daland | Defender - Centre-Back | Norway | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2000 | €3.5m |
| 5 |  Roberto Fernández | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Dynamo Moscow | 2000 | €3.5m |
| 6 |  Luke McNally | Defender - Centre-Back | Ireland | Bristol City | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 7 |  Antonios Papadopoulos | Defender - Centre-Back | Greece | FC Lugano | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 8 |  Harry Darling | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Norwich City | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 9 |  Ayrton Costa | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | CA Boca Juniors | 1999 | €3.2m |
| 10 |  Alán Montes | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Sporting Kansas City | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 11 |  Matteo Lovato | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | FC Empoli | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 12 |  Alexis Duarte | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Santos FC | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 13 |  José Copete | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Valencia CF | 1999 | €3.0m |
| 14 |  Ranko Veselinović | Defender - Centre-Back | Serbia | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1999 | €3.0m |
| 15 |  Gustaf Lagerbielke | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | SC Braga | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 16 |  Maksym Taloverov | Defender - Centre-Back | Ukraine | Stoke City | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 17 |  Petko Hristov | Defender - Centre-Back | Bulgaria | Spezia Calcio | 1999 | €4.0m |
| 18 |  Joel Latibeaudiere | Defender - Centre-Back | Jamaica England | Coventry City | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 19 |  Nuraly Alip | Defender - Centre-Back | Kazakhstan | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1999 | €3.0m |
| 20 |  Mateusz Skrzypczak | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | Lech Poznan | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 21 |  Victor Eriksson | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | Hammarby IF | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 22 |  Juan Carlos Portillo | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | CA River Plate | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 23 |  Bruno Fuchs | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras | 1999 | €3.0m |
| 24 |  Modibo Sagnan | Defender - Centre-Back | Mali France | Caykur Rizespor | 1999 | €3.0m |
| 25 |  Christoph Klarer | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | Birmingham City | 2000 | €4.0m |
| 26 |  Justin de Haas | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | FC Famalicão | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 27 |  Vanja Drkusic | Defender - Centre-Back | Slovenia | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1999 | €4.0m |
| 28 |  Zaid Romero | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Syria | Club Brugge KV | 1999 | €3.0m |
| 29 |  Warmed Omari | Defender - Centre-Back | Comoros France | Hamburger SV | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 30 |  Filipe Relvas | Defender - Centre-Back | Portugal | AEK Athens | 1999 | €3.0m |