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| logo_image = CEFCU Stadium logo.png
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| caption = View from
| address = 1257 S. 10th Street
| location = [[San Jose, California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
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| owner = [[San Jose State University]]
| operator = San Jose State University
| surface = [[AstroTurf]] (2017–present)<br>[[FieldTurf]] (2009–2017)<br>{{nowrap|[[Grass|Natural grass]] (1933–2008)}}
| architect =
| tenants = [[San Jose State Spartans]] ([[NCAA Division I|NCAA]]) (1933–present)<br>[[San Jose Earthquakes (1974–88)|San Jose Earthquakes]] ([[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]]/[[Western Soccer Alliance|WSA]])<br>(1974–1988)<br>[[San Francisco Bay Blackhawks|San Francisco Bay Blackhawks/San Jose Hawks]] ([[Western Soccer Alliance|WSA]]/[[American Professional Soccer League|APSL]]/[[United States Interregional Soccer League|USISL]]) (1989–1993)<br>[[San Jose Earthquakes|San Jose Clash/Earthquakes]] ([[Major League Soccer|MLS]]) (1996–2005)<br>[[San Jose CyberRays|Bay Area/San Jose CyberRays]] ([[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]])<br>(2001–2003)<br>[[Silicon Valley Football Classic]] ([[NCAA]])<br>(2000–2004)<br>[[San Francisco Dragons]] ([[Major League Lacrosse|MLL]]) (2008)<br>[[Sacramento Mountain Lions|California Redwoods]] ([[United Football League (2009–2012)|UFL]]) (2009)
| publictransit = {{rint|santaclara}} {{rint|caltrain}} [[Tamien station|Tamien]]
| construction_cost = US $2.25 million (1985 expansion)<ref>{{cite web |author1=Herb Muktarian |title=
| former_names = Spartan Stadium<br>(1933–2015)
| seating_capacity = 21,520 (2019–present)<br>30,456 (1998–2018)<br>31,218 (1985–1997)<br>18,155 (1948–1984)<br>11,000 (1937–1947)<br> 8,500 (1936)<br> 4,000 (1933–1935)
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In 1998, the field was widened and other renovations were carried out for the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team in accordance with official [[FIFA]] regulations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/18357/mls-three-clash-home-games-moved-to-stanford-stad.html |title=MLS: Three Clash Home Games Moved to Stanford Stadium |first= |last= |newspaper=Soccer America |date=February 24, 1998 |access-date=April 19, 2021}}</ref> As a result of these renovations, parts of the stands closest to the playing field were removed, thus lowering available seating for all sports to 30,456.
On January 13, 2007, the ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]'' reported that the city of San Jose, San Jose State University and the San Jose Earthquakes owners were in negotiations to demolish Spartan Stadium and [[New San Jose State Stadium|build a new stadium]] just to the east. The new facility, to have 22,000 permanent seats but be expandable to a capacity of 30,000 for single games, would have been privately built by [[Lewis Wolff]] and [[John Fisher (baseball owner)|John Fisher]], the primary owners of the Earthquakes, with San Jose State providing the needed land. Additionally, the team and the university would build community soccer fields across Senter Road in [[Kelley Park]] using San Jose municipal bond money that had been approved years earlier for the purpose but never spent. The plan was for the new version of the San Jose Earthquakes to play in Spartan Stadium during the 2008 MLS season, then move into the new stadium in 2009. Plans for the stadium collapsed on April 19, 2007 after the Earthquakes and SJSU could not come to an agreement on revenue sharing.<ref name="collapses">{{cite news |author=Barry Witt and Jon Wilner |date=April 20, 2007 |title=SJSU stadium deal collapses |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5710992 |accessdate=2007-06-12 |work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]}}</ref>
Seating capacity remained at 30,456 until 2019, when it was temporarily reduced to 21,520 as part of a massive east-side stadium renovation project that included construction of the $70 million Spartan Athletic Center.
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A CEFCU Stadium east-side building addition was completed in August 2023 at an approximate cost of $70 million.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Kevin Nguyen |title=Why SJSU's new $70M Spartan Athletics Center is a 'big deal' |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2023/08/11/new-sjsu-athletic-center-opens.html |website=Silicon Valley Business Journal |publisher=The Business Journals |access-date=3 December 2023 |date=August 11, 2023}}</ref> Known as the Spartan Athletics Center, the 55,000 square-foot, multi-story facility houses a new football operations center, locker rooms, offices, meeting and training rooms and a sports medicine center.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Avalos |first=George |date=August 13, 2023 |title=University Adds $70M Athletics Complex |pages=B1 |work=The Mercury News (San Jose, CA)}}</ref> The facility also includes soccer team offices and locker rooms, as well as dining and hospitality facilities, event spaces and premium viewing areas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spartan Athletics Center|url=https://onespartannation.com/transform/spartan-athletics-center/index.html|publisher=San Jose State University|access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref>
The east-side stadium renovation has temporarily reduced seating capacity at CEFCU Stadium from just over 30,000 to 21,520.<ref>{{cite web|title=New look for San Jose State's football stadium|date=September 5, 2019 |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/05/new-look-for-san-jose-states-football-stadium/|publisher=The Mercury News|access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref> Approximately 9,000 seats were removed from the stadium in 2019 to make way for the new building. This includes virtually all of the east-side stadium seating and some of the north end zone bleachers. The north end zone bleachers were removed to make way for construction of a new state-of-the-art video scoreboard and outdoor bar and lounge area. The new scoreboard was completed in 2020.
As of 2023, a second phase of the east-side building and renovation project remains in the planning stages. The second phase is aimed at replacing spectator seating that was removed to make way for the SAC.
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The now defunct NCAA [[Silicon Valley Football Classic]] bowl game was held at CEFCU Stadium from 2000 to 2004.
CEFCU Stadium has hosted numerous FIFA events. Most notably the stadium was used as one of the venues for the [[FIFA Women's World Cup 1999|1999 Women's World Cup]]. Additionally in 1999, the stadium was the host site of the [[1999 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament|1999 NCAA Women's College Cup]].
The stadium
==International soccer matches==
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Spartan Stadium Proposed Expansion.jpg|Proposed Expansion — 1960s
File:CEFCU Spartan Stadium aerial.jpg|Aerial view from the southwest, 2017
</gallery>
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==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums]]
* [[New San Jose State Stadium]]
==References==
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{{San Jose State Spartans football navbox}}{{San Jose State University}}{{San Jose Earthquakes}}
{{Mountain West Conference football venue navbox}}
{{Former MLS stadiums}}
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