| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Andrea Carboni | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | AC Monza | 2001 | €2.8m |
| 2 |  Flavius Daniliuc | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | FC Basel 1893 | 2001 | €2.7m |
| 3 |  Bobby Thomas | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Coventry City | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 4 |  José Marsà | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | KV Mechelen | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 5 |  Lucas Fasson | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Italy | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 6 |  Evgeniy Morozov | Defender - Centre-Back | Russia | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 7 |  James Hill | Defender - Centre-Back | England | AFC Bournemouth | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 8 |  Santiago Mouriño | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Spain | Villarreal CF | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 9 |  Carlos Domínguez | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Celta de Vigo | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 10 |  Gustavo Martins | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 11 |  Niko Galesic | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia Germany | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 12 |  Kaique Rocha | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Casa Pia AC | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 13 |  Renan | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil United Arab Emirates | Shabab Al-Ahli Club | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 14 |  Valentin Paltsev | Defender - Centre-Back | Russia | FC Krasnodar | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 15 |  Marcel Beifus | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Karlsruher SC | 2002 | €2.5m |
| 16 |  Terry Yegbe | Defender - Centre-Back | Ghana | FC Metz | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 17 |  Max Bruns | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | Twente Enschede FC | 2002 | €2.5m |
| 18 |  Eduardo Águila | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Atlético de San Luis | 2002 | €2.5m |
| 19 |  Alex Douglas | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden Ghana | Lech Poznan | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 20 |  Rein Van Helden | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | Sint-Truidense VV | 2002 | €2.5m |
| 21 |  Gastón Ávila | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | Fortaleza Esporte Clube | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 22 |  Moisés Mosquera | Defender - Centre-Back | Colombia | FC Juárez | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 23 |  Julián Malatini | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | SV Werder Bremen | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 24 |  Metehan Baltacı | Defender - Centre-Back | Türkiye | Galatasaray | 2002 | €2.5m |
| 25 |  Munashe Garananga | Defender - Centre-Back | Zimbabwe | FC Copenhagen | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 26 |  Tobias Guddal | Defender - Centre-Back | Norway | Tromsø IL | 2002 | €3.2m |
| 27 |  Botond Balogh | Defender - Centre-Back | Hungary | Kocaelispor | 2002 | €2.4m |
| 28 |  Maxwell Woledzi | Defender - Centre-Back | Ghana | Fredrikstad FK | 2001 | €2.2m |
| 29 |  Luis Binks | Defender - Centre-Back | England Scotland | Bröndby IF | 2001 | €2.2m |
| 30 |  Seid Korac | Defender - Centre-Back | Luxembourg Serbia | Venezia FC | 2001 | €3.5m |