| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bamo Meïté | Defender - Centre-Back | Cote d'Ivoire France | FC Lorient | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 2 |  Tomás Palacios | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | Inter Milan | 2003 | €4.0m |
| 3 |  Mariano Troilo | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | Parma Calcio 1913 | 2003 | €4.0m |
| 4 |  Jamil Siebert | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | US Lecce | 2002 | €4.0m |
| 5 |  Clemens Riedel | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | 2003 | €4.0m |
| 6 |  Abdoulaye Ndiaye | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal | Parma Calcio 1913 | 2002 | €4.0m |
| 7 |  Gora Diouf | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal | KV Mechelen | 2003 | €4.0m |
| 8 |  Junior Diaz | Defender - Centre-Back | Cote d'Ivoire France | Stade Brestois 29 | 2003 | €4.0m |
| 9 |  Ronnie Edwards | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Southampton FC | 2003 | €3.8m |
| 10 |  Arseniy Batagov | Defender - Centre-Back | Ukraine | Trabzonspor | 2002 | €4.5m |
| 11 |  Mauro Perkovic | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia | Cracovia | 2003 | €3.5m |
| 12 |  Joël Schingtienne | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium DR Congo | Venezia FC | 2002 | €3.5m |
| 13 |  Oliver Provstgaard | Defender - Centre-Back | Denmark | SS Lazio | 2003 | €3.5m |
| 14 |  Christiaan Ravych | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | Cercle Brugge | 2002 | €4.5m |
| 15 |  Finn van Breemen | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | FC Basel 1893 | 2003 | €4.5m |
| 16 |  Nathan Ngoy | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium DR Congo | LOSC Lille | 2003 | €3.5m |
| 17 |  Emin Bayram | Defender - Centre-Back | Türkiye | KVC Westerlo | 2003 | €3.5m |
| 18 |  Andreas Ntoi | Defender - Centre-Back | Greece Albania | Rio Ave FC | 2003 | €4.5m |
| 19 |  Mihajlo Ilić | Defender - Centre-Back | Serbia | RSC Anderlecht | 2003 | €3.5m |
| 20 |  Nathan Wood | Defender - Centre-Back | England Jamaica | Southampton FC | 2002 | €3.5m |
| 21 |  Ibe Hautekiet | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | Standard Liège | 2002 | €3.5m |
| 22 |  Charlie Hughes | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Hull City | 2003 | €3.5m |
| 23 |  Becir Omeragic | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland Bosnia-Herzegovina | Montpellier HSC | 2002 | €4.5m |
| 24 |  Stelios Andreou | Defender - Centre-Back | Cyprus Belgium | Widzew Lodz | 2002 | €3.5m |
| 25 |  Matías Moreno | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | Levante UD | 2003 | €3.4m |
| 26 |  Tobias Guddal | Defender - Centre-Back | Norway | Tromsø IL | 2002 | €3.2m |
| 27 |  Gustavo Martins | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 28 |  Chico Lamba | Defender - Centre-Back | Portugal Guinea-Bissau | AS Saint-Étienne | 2003 | €3.0m |
| 29 |  Santiago Mouriño | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Spain | Villarreal CF | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 30 |  Facundo González | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Italy | Racing Santander | 2003 | €3.0m |