Second Chance Sports Assocation

What Second Chance Sports Assocation does

Second Chance Sports Association (Második Esély Sportegyesület, operating as MESE-2.0) is a Hungarian non-profit sports association founded in 2005 in Budapest that uses football as a vehicle for social integration of marginalized populations. Originally registered as Oltalom Sportegyesület and rebranded around 2017, the organization delivers regular free football training sessions (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, plus dedicated girls' sessions on Tuesdays) at the Lay's RePlay Nyúldomb pitch in Budapest and operates the Fair Play Football Roadshow — a mobile championship series launched in 2012 that applies the proprietary football3 methodology across Hungarian communities. football3 structures each match into three halves (collective rule-setting, a 2x10 minute game, and joint evaluation), replaces referees with mediators, and integrates fair play points alongside goals into the final score; the methodology was acquired through the streetfootballworld network and refined over 13+ years.

The organization's core technology is the football3 methodology itself, supplemented by a documented mediator-training curriculum and 20 years of operational playbooks. Its programs target socially disadvantaged adults and children, people in deep poverty and homelessness, refugees and migrant youth, residents of state-care and correctional facilities, and NEETs aged 14–29; complementary off-field services include job-seeking assistance, language teaching, financial literacy, scholarships, and social work support. The association participates annually in the Homeless World Cup since 2005 and has extended its footprint to Greece, Italy, and Serbia through multi-country EU-funded DIALECT projects.

The business model is non-commercial: all training, events, and social services are provided free of charge to participants. Operating funds are assembled from institutional grants (UEFA Foundation for Children, European Union via Erasmus+ Sport / AMIF / Justice Programme, Common Goal / 1% pledge), individual donations, Hungary's 1% personal income tax designation, the MagNet Bank Supportive Bank Card Program, and corporate sponsorship. With 8 staff, the organization is lean; strategic value accrues through project consortium leadership, network membership (streetfootballworld, Common Goal), and brand recognition within the European football-for-good ecosystem rather than via revenue scale.

Name

Second Chance Sports Assocation

Legal name

Második Esély Sportegyesület

Website

https://utcaifoci.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Second Chance Sports Association is a Budapest-based non-profit founded in 2005 that uses football — anchored by its proprietary football3 fair play methodology — to integrate socially disadvantaged adults, children, refugees, and NEETs in Hungary and partner European countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sport-based social services

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Amateur Clubs & Community Sports Organizations (MPAKACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sports Compliance, Governance & Integrity Services (Safeguarding, Anti-Doping, Match Integrity) (MPAKAKAM)

Keywords

• Social football programs
• Fair play methodology
• Sport-based integration
• Community football training
• Youth development sport

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Second Chance Sports Association (Második Esély Sportegyesület) is a Hungarian non-profit sports association that delivers free football-based social integration programs for disadvantaged adults, children, refugees, and homeless individuals. Its services center on the proprietary Football3 methodology and include regular weekly football training sessions in Budapest, the Fair Play Football Roadshow championship series across Hungary, participation in international tournaments such as the Homeless World Cup, and complementary off-field social services such as job-seeking assistance, language teaching, scholarships, and financial literacy training.

Product overview

Second Chance Sports Association (Második Esély Sportegyesület / MESE-2.0) is a non-profit sports organization that uses football as a tool for social integration. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected programs centered on the football3 fair play methodology: regular football training sessions providing disadvantaged individuals with sport participation and social services (job-seeking assistance, language teaching); the Fair Play Football Roadshow championship series reaching communities across Hungary since 2012; international tournament participation including the Homeless World Cup since 2005; and off-field preventive programs including scholarships, employment support, and financial literacy. The association also leads or participates in European projects (DIALECT series, VAR4 Fair Play, Unity in Motion) that apply football3 methodology to promote social inclusion, tolerance, and youth development. The organization is a member of the streetfootballworld/Common Goal network and collaborates with UEFA Foundation for Children and the European Union.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 300 people reached annually through Fair Play Football Roadshow events
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Common GoalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlagship partner organization. Common Goal is a global football sustainability movement that coordinates the 1% initiative where professional footballers donate 1% of their salary to support social impact football projects. They have provided multiple rounds of funding to support Ukrainian refugees, social integration programs, and operational costs. The partnership includes project coordination and co-development of social football methodologies.
• ActionAid / ActionAid Hellas / ActionAid ItaliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational development organization implementing DIALECT and DIALECT4 projects with the organization as Hungarian partner. ActionAid coordinates multi-country initiatives in Greece, Italy, Hungary, and Serbia focused on youth integration and tolerance building through football. The organization contributes local implementation expertise.
• National Centre of Social Research (EKKE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreek social science research institution that leads research activities in DIALECT projects. Conducts research on social and political division across participating countries and provides evidence base for project methodology development.
• Football FriendscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSerbian partner organization in DIALECT projects, implementing football for inclusion methodologies in the Western Balkans region. Contributes to cross-border youth empowerment initiatives.
• Streetfootballworld (Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network connecting football-for-good organizations worldwide. The organization joined through a previous grant and discovered the football3 methodology through this network. Streetfootballworld facilitates international partnerships, festival participation, and methodology exchange.
• MagNet BankminorOthersMagNet Bank's Supportive Bank Card Program allows the bank to donate a portion of transaction revenue to the organization. Cardholders who select the organization in the bank's app have automatic donations made after each purchase. No cost to the donor.
• Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) - PPKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaculty of Psychology at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Academic partner providing research expertise and theoretical foundations for social work and psychology-based program elements.
• Testnevelési Egyetem (TE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHungarian University of Sports Science. Academic partner contributing sports science expertise and potential coach training collaborations.
• Ferencvárosi Torna Club ÖnkormányzataminorOthersMunicipality of Budapest's 9th District (Ferencváros). Provides venue access and project funding for sports programs targeting disadvantaged local residents, including weekly training sessions at Goldball pitch.
• Józsefváros ÖnkormányzataminorOthersMunicipality of Budapest's 8th District (Józsefváros). Supports organizational activities and provides access to community facilities.
• Hegyvidéki ÖnkormányzatminorOthersMunicipality of Budapest's 12th District (Hegyvidék). Supports fair play events and community sports programs in the district.
• KickfairminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational football-for-good organization, partner in professional network. Contributes to methodology exchange and fair play initiatives.
• Slum SoccerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndian football-for-development organization working with homeless and marginalized communities. International peer organization in the streetfootballworld network.
• Fairplaypoint.orgminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFair play advocacy organization supporting the fair play methodology and values. Part of professional partner network.
• Fortissimos Portal AlapítványminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHungarian foundation supporting organizational activities and social programs. Contributes to local community development initiatives.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sport dans la Ville: Leading French sport-for-social-inclusion nonprofit using soccer and other sports for youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods. Comparable in business model (free training + social services), methodology, and European sport-for-development positioning.
• Kickfair: German football-for-good organization focused on fair play and methodology exchange; listed as a professional network partner. Directly comparable in applying football to social inclusion and fair play advocacy across Europe.
• Football Friends: Serbian football-for-inclusion organization that is a named DIALECT project partner of Second Chance Sports Association. Directly comparable as a regional peer applying football3-style methodology to youth empowerment in the Western Balkans.
• Slum Soccer: Indian football-for-development organization working with homeless and marginalized communities through football; explicitly listed as an international peer partner in the streetfootballworld network. Comparable in mission, target population, and methodology framework.
• Soccer Without Borders: US-based nonprofit using soccer for refugee and migrant youth integration. Comparable in target population (refugees, migrants, disadvantaged youth) and sport-plus-social-services delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Common Goal: Global football sustainability movement running the 1% initiative for professional footballers. Listed as a flagship funding and strategic partner of Second Chance Sports Association, making it directly comparable as a sport-for-development funding intermediary.
• streetfootballworld: Global network of football-for-good organizations that is a direct strategic partner of Second Chance Sports Association. Comparable as the umbrella network through which the organization accesses international methodology exchange, festivals, and project coordination.
• Homeless World Cup Foundation: International organizer of the Homeless World Cup tournament in which Second Chance Sports Association has participated annually since 2005. Directly comparable in sport-for-homeless mission and tournament model.

Regional players

• Caritas Hungary (Katolikus Karitász): Major Hungarian social services organization operating in overlapping geographies and serving overlapping populations (homeless, disadvantaged, refugees). Comparable as a Hungarian nonprofit delivering social services to the same beneficiary segments, though with a broader welfare rather than sport-based approach.

Emerging players

• ActionAid Hellas / ActionAid Italia: International development NGO coordinating the DIALECT/DIALECT4/5 projects with Second Chance Sports Association as Hungarian partner. Comparable as a co-implementer of football-for-tolerance programs across Greece, Italy, Hungary, and Serbia.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oltalom-sport-association

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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