| 1 |  Eboue Kouassi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | UD Leiria | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 2 |  Cícero | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | CD Tondela | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 3 |  Daniil Kulikov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Pyunik Yerevan | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 4 |  Luís Oyama | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Japan | Grêmio Novorizontino | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 5 |  Lamine Fomba | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Servette FC | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 6 |  Patryk Dziczek | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Poland | Piast Gliwice | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 7 |  Hakeem Odoffin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England Nigeria | Luton Town | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 8 |  Amir Al-Ammari | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Iraq Sweden | Cracovia | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 9 |  Yuya Kuwasaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Vissel Kobe | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 10 |  George Dobson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Wrexham AFC | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 11 |  João Gamboa | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Portugal | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1996 | €0.6m |
| 12 |  Martin Remacle | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | Korona Kielce | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 13 |  Carlos Villalba | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | CA Sarmiento (Junin) | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 14 |  Ufuk Akyol | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye Germany | Konyaspor | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 15 |  Tomoki Takamine | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 16 |  Tianyi Gao | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | China | Shanghai Shenhua | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 17 |  Christ Tiehi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire France | FC Banik Ostrava | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 18 |  Ronald | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Esporte Clube Vitória | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 19 |  Amadou Diawara | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Guinea | CD Leganés | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 20 |  Max Christiansen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | TSV 1860 Munich | 1996 | €0.5m |
| 21 |  Reno Wilmots | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | RFC Lüttich | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 22 |  Benjamin Van Durmen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | UTA Arad | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 23 |  Juan Ignacio Méndez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Chile | Instituto ACC | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 24 |  Genaro Rodríguez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | UD Leiria | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 25 |  Alex Plat | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | FC Volendam | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 26 |  Assane Dioussé | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | AJ Auxerre | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 27 |  Matthew Guillaumier | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Malta England | Panserraikos | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 28 |  Mehmet Özcan | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye | Van Spor FK | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 29 |  Davor Zdravkovski | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | North Macedonia | AEL Limassol | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 30 |  Abdoulaye Sissako | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Sint-Truidense VV | 1998 | €0.7m |