When the new manager Ljubiša Tumbaković came in at the beginning of the 2004 league season he would bring in Zong Lei as competition for the first choice goalkeeper position.
Deng Xiaoping | Taban Deng Gai | Deng Yingchao | Sun Deng | Simon Deng | Oyay Deng Ajak | Lan Kham Deng | Empress Deng Mengnü | Deng Xiaoling | Deng Xiaofei | Deng Tuo | Deng Tingzhen | Deng Ai | Benson Deng | Aldo Deng |
When Pei Encai left to take over the Chinese women's team tensions grew between the management and certain Shandong born players like Li Zhuangfei, Ren Yongshun, Guo Mingyue and Deng Xiaofei who believed that the management were mistreating them and purging them during the end of the 2007 league season.