| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nicolás Marichal | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay | Dynamo Moscow | 2001 | €3.5m |
| 2 |  Roberto Fernández | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Dynamo Moscow | 2000 | €3.5m |
| 3 |  Seid Korac | Defender - Centre-Back | Luxembourg Serbia | Venezia FC | 2001 | €3.5m |
| 4 |  Edvin Kurtulus | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden Kosovo | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2000 | €3.5m |
| 5 |  Juan Carlos Portillo | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | CA River Plate | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 6 |  Niko Galesic | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia Germany | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 7 |  Gabriel Xavier | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Esporte Clube Bahia | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 8 |  Carlos Domínguez | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Celta de Vigo | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 9 |  Alexis Duarte | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Santos FC | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 10 |  Mateusz Skrzypczak | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | Lech Poznan | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 11 |  Gustaf Lagerbielke | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | SC Braga | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 12 |  Kaique Rocha | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Casa Pia AC | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 13 |  Evgeniy Morozov | Defender - Centre-Back | Russia | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 14 |  Francisco Álvarez | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | AA Argentinos Juniors | 2000 | €4.0m |
| 15 |  David Nemeth | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | FC St. Pauli | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 16 |  Matteo Lovato | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | FC Empoli | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 17 |  Maksym Taloverov | Defender - Centre-Back | Ukraine | Stoke City | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 18 |  Guzmán Rodríguez | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Italy | Red Bull Bragantino | 2000 | €4.0m |
| 19 |  Israel Reyes | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | CF América | 2000 | €4.0m |
| 20 |  Warmed Omari | Defender - Centre-Back | Comoros France | Hamburger SV | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 21 |  Alán Montes | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Sporting Kansas City | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 22 |  Victor Eriksson | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | Hammarby IF | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 23 |  Lucas Fasson | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Italy | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 24 |  Federico Bonini | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | UD Almería | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 25 |  Jorge Herrando | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | CA Osasuna | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 26 |  Bobby Thomas | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Coventry City | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 27 |  Moustapha Mbow | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal | Paris FC | 2000 | €4.0m |
| 28 |  Raúl Torrente | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 29 |  James Hill | Defender - Centre-Back | England | AFC Bournemouth | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 30 |  Christoph Klarer | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | Birmingham City | 2000 | €4.0m |