| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bamo Meïté | Defender - Centre-Back | Cote d'Ivoire France | FC Lorient | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 2 |  Abdoulaye Ndiaye | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal | Parma Calcio 1913 | 2002 | €4.0m |
| 3 |  Jamil Siebert | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | US Lecce | 2002 | €4.0m |
| 4 |  Federico Bonini | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | UD Almería | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 5 |  Jorge Herrando | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | CA Osasuna | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 6 |  David Nemeth | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | FC St. Pauli | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 7 |  Gabriel Xavier | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Esporte Clube Bahia | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 8 |  Nicolás Marichal | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay | Dynamo Moscow | 2001 | €3.5m |
| 9 |  Seid Korac | Defender - Centre-Back | Luxembourg Serbia | Venezia FC | 2001 | €3.5m |
| 10 |  Joël Schingtienne | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium DR Congo | Venezia FC | 2002 | €3.5m |
| 11 |  Nathan Wood | Defender - Centre-Back | England Jamaica | Southampton FC | 2002 | €3.5m |
| 12 |  Arseniy Batagov | Defender - Centre-Back | Ukraine | Trabzonspor | 2002 | €4.5m |
| 13 |  Ibe Hautekiet | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | Standard Liège | 2002 | €3.5m |
| 14 |  Christiaan Ravych | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | Cercle Brugge | 2002 | €4.5m |
| 15 |  Becir Omeragic | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland Bosnia-Herzegovina | Montpellier HSC | 2002 | €4.5m |
| 16 |  Sondre Langås | Defender - Centre-Back | Norway | Derby County | 2001 | €3.5m |
| 17 |  Stelios Andreou | Defender - Centre-Back | Cyprus Belgium | Widzew Lodz | 2002 | €3.5m |
| 18 |  José Córdoba | Defender - Centre-Back | Panama | Norwich City | 2001 | €4.8m |
| 19 |  Tobias Guddal | Defender - Centre-Back | Norway | Tromsø IL | 2002 | €3.2m |
| 20 |  Victor Eriksson | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | Hammarby IF | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 21 |  Evgeniy Morozov | Defender - Centre-Back | Russia | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 22 |  José Marsà | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | KV Mechelen | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 23 |  Carlos Domínguez | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Celta de Vigo | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 24 |  Lucas Fasson | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Italy | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 25 |  Kaique Rocha | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Casa Pia AC | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 26 |  James Hill | Defender - Centre-Back | England | AFC Bournemouth | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 27 |  Renan | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil United Arab Emirates | Shabab Al-Ahli Club | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 28 |  Alán Montes | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Sporting Kansas City | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 29 |  Gustavo Martins | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 30 |  Bobby Thomas | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Coventry City | 2001 | €3.0m |