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The team's attention are firmly on the upcoming World Cup playoff fixture as they prepare for learning their semifinal and potential final challengers.

After ended second in their qualification group thanks to a dominant 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their largest success since 1978 – the side will host the semi-final match on their own turf.

They will play against either Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo or Ireland in that match on 26 March.

Former Wales forward Rob Earnshaw thinks the Dragons will relish a match against any opponent after their most recent performance at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his mentality is 'give us whoever, we're ready'," Earnshaw said.

"A lot of fans were asking last night, 'should we actually want Ireland as it's that local feel?'. I think a number of supporters were hesitant. But for me, that could be fantastic.

"So it's that type of situation, yes, we're ready for the Kosovans or Bosnia and the Albanians are decent and Republic of Ireland, of course, they're a very good team so it will be tough.

"But the sense is that we'll take anyone at the moment and it doesn't matter, and a lot of that is down to Craig Bellamy."

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Wales sit 34th in the FIFA rankings, with Albania 61st, Ireland 62nd, Bosnia 75th and Kosovo 84th.

The Albanian national team enjoyed a impressive qualification campaign, with their only losses suffered at the hands of Group K winners England, who secured maximum points without conceding a solitary goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are part of the Red and Blacks's more notable players, although it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who led their goal tally in the qualifiers with three goals.

Importantly, Albania have never qualified for a World Cup, although they featured at the 2016 European Championship and Euro 2024, failing to advance to the knockout stages on both times.

As Slovenia and Sweden endured torrid runs, with each not managing to win a qualifying match, Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Swiss ended the six-match qualifiers 3 points clear of the Kosovans, whose single defeat came at the hands of the pool winners.

The Kosovan squad feature former Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his country's historic top scorer – in a squad aiming for a first major tournament appearance.

They have never faced Wales.

Bosnia-Herzegovina lost just once in the qualifiers, and earned a points more than Wales managed in their 8 games, but still ended 2 points behind of their group winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from clinching a place at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians meant the teams tied in the last game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the group.

The Welsh have failed to beat the Bosnians in 4 attempts but experienced a unforgettable defeat against Zmajevi as they earned qualification for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite losing.

Being his nation's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player, former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia-Herzegovina's standout player.

The veteran was his team's leading goalscorer in the qualifiers with five goals.

Lastly, we have Republic of Ireland.

After taken just one point from their opening 3 matches, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side stormed into the play-offs with successive wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott netted both goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before scoring a triple – with the third goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland stunned Hungary to secure second place in their group in thrilling style.

Key player Seamus Coleman had a crucial role in his side's resurgence while Premier League keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has made the starting position his own.

The Republic of Ireland are winless in their past 4 meetings with Wales, defeated in 3 of those, though James McClean broke the hearts of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's team won a crucial World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.