| 1 |  Patrick Sontheimer | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | 1.FC Saarbrücken | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 2 |  Anass Najah | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands Morocco | Al-Orobah FC | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 3 |  Matthew Guillaumier | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Malta England | Panserraikos | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 4 |  Linas Megelaitis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Lithuania | AC Perugia Calcio | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 5 |  Benjamin Van Durmen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | UTA Arad | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 6 |  Alex Plat | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | FC Volendam | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 7 |  Reno Wilmots | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | RFC Lüttich | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 8 |  Genaro Rodríguez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | UD Leiria | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 9 |  Mehmet Özcan | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye | Van Spor FK | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 10 |  Davor Zdravkovski | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | North Macedonia | AEL Limassol | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 11 |  Christ Tiehi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire France | FC Banik Ostrava | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 12 |  Edson Fernando | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Rukh Lviv | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 13 |  Yacine Bourhane | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Comoros France | Aris Limassol | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 14 |  Galo Capomaggio | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | US Salernitana 1919 | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 15 |  Carlos Villalba | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | CA Sarmiento (Junin) | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 16 |  Wallisson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Coritiba Foot Ball Club | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 17 |  Rui Pires | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Portugal | Lion City Sailors | 1998 | €0.5m |
| 18 |  Daiki Kaneko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Júbilo Iwata | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 19 |  Zhengyu Huang | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | China | Shandong Taishan | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 20 |  Eduardo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | JEF United Chiba | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 21 |  Lamine Fomba | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Servette FC | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 22 |  Marcel Benger | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Preußen Münster | 1998 | €0.4m |
| 23 |  Bruno Jordão | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Portugal | CSKA Sofia | 1998 | €0.4m |
| 24 |  Hakeem Odoffin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England Nigeria | Luton Town | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 25 |  Ibrahima | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Guinea | CS Marítimo | 1998 | €0.4m |
| 26 |  Mitsuki Saito | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Kyoto Sanga | 1999 | €0.4m |
| 27 |  Yuya Kuwasaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Vissel Kobe | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 28 |  Alem Pasic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Austria | FC Blau-Weiss Linz | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 29 |  Thore Jacobsen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | TSV 1860 Munich | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 30 |  George Dobson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Wrexham AFC | 1997 | €0.6m |