Hao Haidong is currently helping out at Chengdu Blades, the Chinese club recently purchased by Sheffield United Football Club in the Football League Championship. Although transferred to the Sheffield outfit in January 2005, he made little impact, suffering from injury, and worked mainly as a coach at the Academy. He holds the record for the cheapest ever transfer fee, joining Sheffield United from Dalian Shide for a pound in 2005.

Wang Peng is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Dalian Shide.

An Qi (Simplified Chinese: 安琦) (born 19 June, 1981 in Dalian, China) is a Chinese football goalkeeper who currently plays for Xiamen Lanshi in the Chinese Super League. An previously played for Dalian Shide and was one of the more promising young goalkeeper on the China national team. His poor performance recently has seen him falling out of favor with the national team. An was on the Chinese national squad that played during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Zhang Enhua (born 28 April, 1973 in Dalian) is a retired Chinese football player. He played for Dalian Shide and was on loan at Grimsby Town F.C. in England. He played for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In 2005, Zhang Enhua joined South China of Hong Kong to extend his football career. [[Category:Hong Kong First Division League players]

Yan Song is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Dalian Shide. He is well-known in China for his good ball control and dribbling, especially as a winger. During the ACL 2006 when Dalian played a home match against J-League champions Gamba Osaka, Yan Song dribbled through the entire Gamba defense and almost scored with a curled lob.

Feng Xiaoting (born on October 22, 1985) is a Chinese footballer who is a defender for Dalian Shide. He is a member of the China national football team.

Chen Dong is a Chinese football player who currently plays keeper for Dalian Shide.

Wang Sheng is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Dalian Shide.

Ma Xiaoxu (born 1988) is a female Chinese football (soccer) player playing for the Dalian Shide club. Signed a contract with Umeå IK in Sweden on February 5, 2007.

Ermin Šiljak in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a Slovenian football player and plays as a forward. He played for clubs such as NK Olimpija, SC Bastia (France), Servette Geneva (Switzerland), Panionios (Greece),Mouscron (Belgium) and Dalian Shide (China). He played for the Slovenia national football team and was a participant at the 2000 UEFA European Championship and currently has 48 caps & 14 goals.

Zhai Yanpeng is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Dalian Shide. He can play all positions in the defence and midfield.

Zoran Janković is a naturalized Bulgarian football player of Serbian ethnicity who has been playing for Dalian Shide in China since 2002 as a striker. He is considered one of the best players in the Chinese Super League. Janković is a target man up front and has been his club's topscorer for many seasons now. For this reason, many other teams have shown great interest on buying him. He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team.

Perica Ognjenović (born 24 February 1977 in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), is a Serbian footballer. At one point considered to be among Serbia's brightest footballing talents, he is now widely viewed as one of the more spectacular examples of a sports-related bust.

Farhad Majidi (born June 3, 1977 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football player who is a striker for Al-Ahli and the Iran national football team. His younger brother Farzad Majidi, currently plays for Esteghlal F.C..

Václav Němeček, is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played total 60 matches and scored 6 goals. He was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He played for example for FC Hradec Králové, AC Sparta Praha, Toulouse FC, Servette Geneva and Dalian Shide.

Vladimir Petrović (born July 1 1955 in Belgrade, then SFR Yugoslavia, now Serbia), widely known by his nickname Pižon (after the French for "pigeon") is a Serbian former football player and current coach. During his playing career, he mostly played for Red Star Belgrade and is one of five "stars of the Star" - the legends of the club. He started out at Red Star making his début in 1971, at the age of 16. With the team, …