| 1 |  Borys Krushynskyi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Polissya Zhytomyr | 2002 | €1.2m |
| 2 |  James Etoo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cameroon Bulgaria | CSKA Sofia | 2000 | €1.2m |
| 3 |  Malthe Højholt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | Pisa Sporting Club | 2001 | €1.2m |
| 4 |  Issouf Sissokho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2002 | €1.2m |
| 5 |  Leighton Clarkson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Aberdeen FC | 2001 | €1.3m |
| 6 |  Ebrima Darboe | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | The Gambia | SSC Bari | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 7 |  Pedro Bicalho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Qarabağ FK | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 8 |  Simone Panada | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Italy | Atalanta U23 | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 9 |  Mateus Carvalho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | 2002 | €1.4m |
| 10 |  Mathis Lachuer | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Martinique | Real Valladolid CF | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 11 |  Maksim Kaynov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Rotor Volgograd | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 12 |  Santiago Trigos | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | UNAM Pumas | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 13 |  Santeri Väänänen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Finland | Rosenborg BK | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 14 |  Calem Nieuwenhof | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia Netherlands | Heart of Midlothian FC | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 15 |  Oussama El Azzouzi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Morocco Netherlands | AJ Auxerre | 2001 | €1.4m |
| 16 |  Mathias Olesen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Luxembourg Denmark | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 17 |  Alexander Briedl | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Austria | FC Blau-Weiss Linz | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 18 |  Robert Mejía | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Once Caldas | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 19 |  Ivan Zhelizko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Lechia Gdansk | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 20 |  Aziz Ouattara | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Maccabi Netanya | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 21 |  Tom Lacoux | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | Újpest FC | 2002 | €0.9m |
| 22 |  Mathias Kjølø | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Norway | Twente Enschede FC | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 23 |  Julian Niehues | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | 1.FC Heidenheim 1846 | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 24 |  Rodrigo Saravia | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Uruguay | Club Atlético Belgrano | 2000 | €1.5m |
| 25 |  Max Balard | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia France | NAC Breda | 2000 | €1.5m |
| 26 |  Lamine Diack | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | FC Sion | 2000 | €0.9m |
| 27 |  Rihito Yamamoto | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Sint-Truidense VV | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 28 |  Sem Scheperman | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Heracles Almelo | 2002 | €0.9m |
| 29 |  Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | SM Caen | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 30 |  Áron Csongvai | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Hungary | AIK | 2000 | €1.5m |