| 1 |  Fabian Kunze | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | 1.FC Kaiserslautern | 1998 | €1.2m |
| 2 |  Jaime Alvarado | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Independiente Medellín | 1999 | €1.2m |
| 3 |  Kylian Kaïboue | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Algeria | Amiens SC | 1998 | €1.2m |
| 4 |  Juljan Shehu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Albania | Widzew Lodz | 1998 | €1.2m |
| 5 |  Sam Sanna | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Italy | Stade Lavallois | 1999 | €1.2m |
| 6 |  Roni | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Mirassol Futebol Clube (SP) | 1999 | €1.2m |
| 7 |  Mateo Maric | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina Croatia | Omonia Nicosia | 1998 | €1.3m |
| 8 |  Caio Vinicius | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Clube do Remo (PA) | 1999 | €1.3m |
| 9 |  Marc Aguado | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Elche CF | 2000 | €1.4m |
| 10 |  Oskar Repka | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Poland | Raków Częstochowa | 1999 | €1.0m |
| 11 |  Oleksandr Petrusenko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | NK Osijek | 1998 | €1.0m |
| 12 |  Giannis Papanikolaou | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Caykur Rizespor | 1998 | €1.4m |
| 13 |  Mario Curic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | Torpedo Moscow | 1998 | €1.0m |
| 14 |  Peru Nolaskoain | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | SD Eibar | 1998 | €1.0m |
| 15 |  Hrvoje Babec | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | NK Osijek | 1999 | €1.0m |
| 16 |  Takahiro Ko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | FC Tokyo | 1998 | €1.0m |
| 17 |  Jacob Lungi Sørensen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | SK Brann | 1998 | €1.0m |
| 18 |  Khetag Khosonov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Akron Togliatti | 1998 | €1.0m |
| 19 |  Lucas Ventura | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 1998 | €1.4m |
| 20 |  Tamás Nikitscher | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Hungary | Rio Ave FC | 1999 | €1.0m |
| 21 |  Njabulo Blom | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | South Africa | Thep Xanh Nam Dinh FC | 1999 | €1.0m |
| 22 |  Júlio Romão | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Ferencvárosi TC | 1998 | €0.9m |
| 23 |  Ron Schallenberg | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | FC Schalke 04 | 1998 | €1.5m |
| 24 |  Kai Klefisch | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | SV Darmstadt 98 | 1999 | €1.5m |
| 25 |  Beni Baningime | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | DR Congo England | Heart of Midlothian FC | 1998 | €1.5m |
| 26 |  Emil Bohinen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Norway | Venezia FC | 1999 | €1.5m |
| 27 |  Idrissa Doumbia | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Without Club | 1998 | €1.5m |
| 28 |  Silas Gnaka | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire Belgium | 1.FC Magdeburg | 1998 | €1.5m |
| 29 |  Tom Ducrocq | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | SC Bastia | 1999 | €1.5m |
| 30 |  Archie Collins | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Peterborough United | 1999 | €0.9m |