| 1 |  Sota Kawasaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | 1.FSV Mainz 05 | 2001 | €1.2m |
| 2 |  Giovanni Haag | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | Red Star FC | 2000 | €1.2m |
| 3 |  Malthe Højholt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | Pisa Sporting Club | 2001 | €1.2m |
| 4 |  Andreas Müller | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Karlsruher SC | 2000 | €1.2m |
| 5 |  Leighton Clarkson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Aberdeen FC | 2001 | €1.3m |
| 6 |  Ivan Zhelizko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Lechia Gdansk | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 7 |  Marc Aguado | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Elche CF | 2000 | €1.4m |
| 8 |  Robert Mejía | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Once Caldas | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 9 |  Newton | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 10 |  Pedro Bicalho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Qarabağ FK | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 11 |  Patrick de Lucca | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Cuiabá Esporte Clube (MT) | 2000 | €1.4m |
| 12 |  Calem Nieuwenhof | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia Netherlands | Heart of Midlothian FC | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 13 |  Oussama El Azzouzi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Morocco Netherlands | AJ Auxerre | 2001 | €1.4m |
| 14 |  Mathias Olesen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Luxembourg Denmark | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 15 |  Siro Rosané | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | CA Barracas Central | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 16 |  Mathis Lachuer | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Martinique | Real Valladolid CF | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 17 |  Ebrima Darboe | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | The Gambia | SSC Bari | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 18 |  Gustavo Assunção | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Portugal | Without Club | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 19 |  Aziz Ouattara | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Maccabi Netanya | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 20 |  Njabulo Blom | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | South Africa | Thep Xanh Nam Dinh FC | 1999 | €1.0m |
| 21 |  Andrea Ghion | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Italy | FC Empoli | 2000 | €0.9m |
| 22 |  Mathias Kjølø | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Norway | Twente Enschede FC | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 23 |  Conor Coventry | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ireland England | Charlton Athletic | 2000 | €1.5m |
| 24 |  Áron Csongvai | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Hungary | AIK | 2000 | €1.5m |
| 25 |  Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | SM Caen | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 26 |  Fredrik Hammar | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Sweden | KV Mechelen | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 27 |  Kai Klefisch | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | SV Darmstadt 98 | 1999 | €1.5m |
| 28 |  Georgios Liavas | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Rio Ave FC | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 29 |  Max Balard | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia France | NAC Breda | 2000 | €1.5m |
| 30 |  Aldo López | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Santos Laguna | 2000 | €1.5m |