| 1 |  Kader Keita | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire France | FC Rapid 1923 | 2000 | €0.9m |
| 2 |  Georgios Liavas | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Rio Ave FC | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 3 |  Musah Mohammed | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ghana | Bodrum FK | 2002 | €0.9m |
| 4 |  Luca Connell | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ireland England | Barnsley FC | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 5 |  Jacob Christensen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | Molde FK | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 6 |  Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | SM Caen | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 7 |  Alberto Herrera | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Mazatlán FC | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 8 |  Tobías Reinhart | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | AC Reggiana 1919 | 2000 | €0.9m |
| 9 |  Hiroki Akiyama | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | SV Darmstadt 98 | 2000 | €0.8m |
| 10 |  Álvaro Sanz | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Al-Shahania SC | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 11 |  Tom Lacoux | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | Újpest FC | 2002 | €0.9m |
| 12 |  Wilitty Younoussa | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cameroon | Rodez AF | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 13 |  Fernando Henrique | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | FC Oleksandriya | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 14 |  Rihito Yamamoto | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Sint-Truidense VV | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 15 |  Alexis Beka Beka | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Congo | RAAL La Louvière | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 16 |  Lamine Diack | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | FC Sion | 2000 | €0.9m |
| 17 |  Jesper Ceesay | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | The Gambia Sweden | Antalyaspor | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 18 |  Ángel Zapata | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Querétaro FC | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 19 |  Sambou Sissoko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | FK Cukaricki | 2000 | €0.8m |
| 20 |  Santiago Naveda | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | CF América | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 21 |  Andrej Djokanovic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Ümraniyespor | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 22 |  Ivan Zhelizko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Lechia Gdansk | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 23 |  Hyeok-kyu Kwon | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | FC Nantes | 2001 | €0.7m |
| 24 |  Maksim Kaynov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Rotor Volgograd | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 25 |  Alexander Briedl | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Austria | FC Blau-Weiss Linz | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 26 |  Calem Nieuwenhof | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia Netherlands | Heart of Midlothian FC | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 27 |  Santeri Väänänen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Finland | Rosenborg BK | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 28 |  Vicko Sevelj | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | Dundee United FC | 2000 | €0.7m |
| 29 |  Benjamin Markus | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Slovenia | TSV Hartberg | 2001 | €0.7m |
| 30 |  Ayman Azhil | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Morocco Germany | Borussia Dortmund II | 2001 | €0.7m |