| 1 |  Joe Hodge | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ireland England | CD Tondela | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 2 |  Maguette Gueye | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | Racing Santander | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 3 |  Alexander Briedl | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Austria | FC Blau-Weiss Linz | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 4 |  Santeri Väänänen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Finland | Rosenborg BK | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 5 |  Diego Rosa | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | APOEL Nicosia | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 6 |  Fabrizio Peralta | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Paraguay | Club Cerro Porteño | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 7 |  Santiago Trigos | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | UNAM Pumas | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 8 |  Novatus Miroshi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Tanzania | Göztepe | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 9 |  Maksim Kaynov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Rotor Volgograd | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 10 |  Domingos Andrade | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Angola | FC Porto B | 2003 | €1.0m |
| 11 |  Simone Panada | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Italy | Atalanta U23 | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 12 |  Art Smakaj | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Kosovo Croatia | LASK | 2003 | €1.0m |
| 13 |  Musah Mohammed | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ghana | Bodrum FK | 2002 | €0.9m |
| 14 |  Rihito Yamamoto | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Sint-Truidense VV | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 15 |  Sem Scheperman | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Heracles Almelo | 2002 | €0.9m |
| 16 |  Tom Lacoux | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | Újpest FC | 2002 | €0.9m |
| 17 |  Žan Jevšenak | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Slovenia | Van Spor FK | 2003 | €0.9m |
| 18 |  Issouf Sissokho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2002 | €1.2m |
| 19 |  Salvador Mariscal | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Santos Laguna | 2003 | €1.2m |
| 20 |  Adrion Pajaziti | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Albania Kosovo | HNK Hajduk Split | 2002 | €0.8m |
| 21 |  Danny Leyva | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States | Seattle Sounders FC | 2003 | €1.2m |
| 22 |  Borys Krushynskyi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Polissya Zhytomyr | 2002 | €1.2m |
| 23 |  Saúl Zamora | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | CD Tapatío | 2003 | €0.8m |
| 24 |  Wilitty Younoussa | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cameroon | Rodez AF | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 25 |  Jesper Ceesay | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | The Gambia Sweden | Antalyaspor | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 26 |  Rodrigo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Without Club | 2002 | €0.8m |
| 27 |  Malcolm Viltard | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Guadeloupe | FCV Dender EH | 2002 | €0.8m |
| 28 |  Amine Lachkar | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands Morocco | Willem II Tilburg | 2003 | €0.7m |
| 29 |  Leighton Clarkson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Aberdeen FC | 2001 | €1.3m |
| 30 |  Satoshi Tanaka | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2002 | €1.3m |