| 1 |  Tomoki Takamine | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 2 |  Tianyi Gao | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | China | Shanghai Shenhua | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 3 |  Martin Remacle | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | Korona Kielce | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 4 |  Vyacheslav Yakimov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Fakel Voronezh | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 5 |  George Dobson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Wrexham AFC | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 6 |  Yan Eteki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cameroon Spain | FC Noah Yerevan | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 7 |  Min-woo Seo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Gangwon FC | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 8 |  Hamidou Traoré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | Sariyer | 1996 | €0.7m |
| 9 |  Yuya Kuwasaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Vissel Kobe | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 10 |  Cícero | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | CD Tondela | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 11 |  Alem Pasic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Austria | FC Blau-Weiss Linz | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 12 |  Juan Ignacio Méndez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Chile | Instituto ACC | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 13 |  Amadou Diawara | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Guinea | CD Leganés | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 14 |  Lamine Fomba | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Servette FC | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 15 |  Bence Ötvös | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Hungary | Ferencvárosi TC | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 16 |  Daniil Kulikov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Pyunik Yerevan | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 17 |  Santiago Cáseres | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | Without Club | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 18 |  Gustavo Sangaré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Burkina Faso France | FC Noah Yerevan | 1996 | €0.7m |
| 19 |  João Gamboa | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Portugal | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1996 | €0.6m |
| 20 |  Amir Al-Ammari | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Iraq Sweden | Cracovia | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 21 |  Hakeem Odoffin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England Nigeria | Luton Town | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 22 |  Ronald | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Esporte Clube Vitória | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 23 |  Assane Dioussé | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | AJ Auxerre | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 24 |  Eboue Kouassi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | UD Leiria | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 25 |  Júlíus Magnússon | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Iceland | IF Elfsborg | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 26 |  Luís Oyama | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Japan | Grêmio Novorizontino | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 27 |  Abdoulaye Sissako | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Sint-Truidense VV | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 28 |  Keanu Baccus | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia South Africa | St. Mirren FC | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 29 |  Patryk Dziczek | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Poland | Piast Gliwice | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 30 |  Carlo Sickinger | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | SV 07 Elversberg | 1997 | €0.8m |