| 1 |  Samuel Oum Gouet | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cameroon | Without Club | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 2 |  Cristhian Rivas | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Venezuela | Estudiantes de Mérida | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 3 |  Paschalis Staikos | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | AE Larisa | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 4 |  Aloísio | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Portugal | América Futebol Clube (MG) | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 5 |  Thore Jacobsen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | TSV 1860 Munich | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 6 |  Luis Perea | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Arka Gdynia | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 7 |  Vadym Vitenchuk | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 8 |  Marin Pilj | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | HNK Vukovar 1991 | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 9 |  Grzegorz Tomasiewicz | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Poland | Piast Gliwice | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 10 |  Amar Sejdić | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States Bosnia-Herzegovina | Columbus Crew | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 11 |  Mahamé Siby | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali France | Malmö FF | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 12 |  Emanuel Cecchini | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | CA San Lorenzo de Almagro | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 13 |  Maxence Carlier | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | AS Nancy-Lorraine | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 14 |  Vebjørn Hoff | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Norway | Lillestrøm SK | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 15 |  Andriy Korobenko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | FK Liepaja | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 16 |  Ryotaro Nakamura | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Montedio Yamagata | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 17 |  Wallisson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Coritiba Foot Ball Club | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 18 |  Alexandre Lauray | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | Le Mans FC | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 19 |  Aaron Molloy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ireland | Charleston Battery | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 20 |  Kenan Fatkic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Slovenia | FC Hansa Rostock | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 21 |  Okechukwu Azubuike | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Nigeria | Without Club | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 22 |  Galo Capomaggio | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | US Salernitana 1919 | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 23 |  Sergey Makarov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Rotor Volgograd | 1996 | €0.5m |
| 24 |  Ratinho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Dinamo Samarqand | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 25 |  Gustavo Bochecha | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Botafogo FC | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 26 |  Keziah Veendorp | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Without Club | 1997 | €0.4m |
| 27 |  Zhengyu Huang | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | China | Shandong Taishan | 1997 | €0.5m |
| 28 |  Kohei Tezuka | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Kashiwa Reysol | 1996 | €0.5m |
| 29 |  Tihomir Kostadinov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | North Macedonia | SK Sigma Olomouc | 1996 | €0.4m |
| 30 |  Aboubakar Keita | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Diósgyőri VTK | 1997 | €0.4m |