Each month, we'll be speaking with supporters' clubs throughout the world to shine a light on our fans who cheer us on from all corners. This month, we chat with Peter Mozsolics, a founding member of the Hungarian Supporters' Club.
It's been 20 years since our Hungarian Supporters' Club was officially recognised, an anniversary it shares with our first Champions League final in Paris in 2006.
Fast forward two decades, and what better way to celebrate your 20th birthday than by watching only our second Champions League final come to your country.
If you had told Peter Mozsolics, a founding member of the group, 20 years ago that the next time we reached a Champions League final, it would be in his home city of Budapest, he would have laughed at you.
"It’s super special that we will have a part of history with Arsenal in the Champions League," he said. "For a long time, Hungary did not have the kind of facilities to host such a massive event. For us to have the final for the first time, and then for Arsenal to be the ones in the final – it is incredible for all of us."
It's a proud moment for the Hungarians Supporters' Club, which kick-started as an internet forum in 2003, talking all things Arsenal, before becoming an official group in 2006.
"We all connected over the internet in 2003, just chatting about Arsenal, discovering there were more of us in Hungary that liked Arsenal. It's grown from there. I think it was in October last year that we started to get hopeful that maybe we would be making the final - fortunately, the dream has happened and we are super excited to welcome the team.
"My closest friends are Arsenal supporters. We have all spent so much time we each other over the years, we now go on holidays together and our families know each other too, all because of our hobby."
While we may have lacked Hungarian players in our history, that hasn't stopped this passionate supporter base using their location to get closer to our club.
During the mid 2000s, Arsene Wenger would often take his side to pre-season training camps in Austria, a stone's throw from the Budapest-based group.
"We knew that Arsene would bring the players to Austria, so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to get on the road, it was so close to Hungary.
"We met with a lot of players, Arsene as well. They were very happy to meet with us."
Peter, who first watched Arsenal in our 1994 Cup Winners' Cup final defeat to Real Zaragoza, has made lifelong friends through setting up the group, which meets regularly at a variety of pubs, including Joe and Joe, recently opened and set up by an Arsenal supporter, who is more than welcome to house a host of Gunners on matchday.
The group have plenty of special plans to mark our second Champions League final, most of which have already been booked out by travelling support descending on the Hungarian capital.
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The group has organised a football competition and a screening of the final for those who haven't got a ticket to the Puskas Arena.
Supporters gathered on mass in Budapest for our title lifting moment at Crystal Palace, and Peter knows that there's plenty of excitement in the city.
"It's all about welcoming Arsenal supporters to Budapest and into where we enjoy watching the club. We have a football tournament on Friday during the daytime, then we have a quiz in the evening, alongside the Arsenal Foundation, at The Grund.
"It's a city full of love for football. We tend to gather for every game in good numbers, and plenty of us will be doing the same again for the final."
To mark their 10th anniversary, Anders Limpar spoke at the group's party. Our Swede has close connections with Hungary, with his father moving from the European country to Scandinavia.
A Champions League win a decade later would be the perfect way to celebrate 20 years, and there are some Hungarian roots within our first team through Viktor Gyokeres, whose grandfather, Istvan, was from the country.
"It was a special day to have Anders and father, who is from Hungary. Despite living in Sweden 50 years, his Hungarian was still perfect!
"Of course, we know about Gyokeres and his connection with our country. It’s great to see him join Arsenal and is doing so well, helping us to win the title, hopefully he can go one further and win the Champions League, here in Hungary, I think that would be very special."
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