Past debts and operating costs of the first team, youth training facilities and projects for the next three years would still be covered by Wanda Group through a sponsor contract.

Due to this issue, Zhao Xuri, Zheng Long and Tao Qianglong left the team on free transfer, while Li Shuai and Sun Bo terminated their contracts through CFA arbitrations.

[8] Though being considered the team with the most relegation possibility for lack of foreign players and CLO-level transfers, Dalian Pro gained much appreciation through their first few matches for Xie Hui's aggressive formation and pressing tactics.

Newly joined elder players like Yan Xianghcuang, Fei Yu and Shang Yin had above-expectation performances.

While Dalian Pro claimed that Shan Huanhuan's injury during the U-23 national team callup allowed them to neglect the U-23 rule, their 2–0 victory was finally re-judged to a 0–3 defeat.

[12] For the first time since 2020, the second stage of the 2022 CSL would return to its normal Home-Away fixtures, instead of closed-door matches held in a selected city.

By the end of mid-season transfer window, the team signed two more foreign players Manzoki and Bosančić to strengthen the squad.

Since the middle of September, a few players of the same agent including Lin Liangming, Tong Lei, Wu Wei, and Shan Huanhuan, were reported to have contract disputes with the club.

In the October 31 match against Wuhan Yangtze River, Dalian Pro were awarded the first penalty kick in this season.

As for the 9 Dec victory from Shanghai Shenhua, Dalian Pro remained undefeated for 7 matches, and had a 4-match winning streak, which the team had never experienced in the Chinese Super League.

[22] Preseason Interval Some matches were postponed due to temporary COVID restrictions, and were recorded by actual order, while their original rounds were tagged afterwards with brackets.