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The team's sights are squarely on Thursday's World Cup play-off fixture as they await discovering their semi-final and possible final opponents.

After finished as runners-up in their qualifying group following a commanding 7-1 victory over North Macedonia – their biggest win since 1978 – Wales will host the semi-final encounter on their own turf.

They will play against either the Albanian side, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Kosovan team or Ireland in that fixture on 26 March.

Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw feels the Dragons will relish a match against whichever team after their most recent result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I know Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his approach is 'bring on anyone, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw said.

"Many people were wondering recently, 'should we actually want Ireland as it's that local feel?'. In my view a number of supporters were hesitant. But for me, that could be amazing.

"So it's that type of situation, indeed, we're ready for the Kosovans or the Bosnians and Albania are competitive and Republic of Ireland, of course, they're a capable team so they'll be difficult.

"But you just feel that we'll take anyone at the moment and we're confident, and a lot of that is down to Craig Bellamy."

Possible Playoff Semifinal Rivals Assessed

Wales are placed 34th in the FIFA standings, with Albania 61st, Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia-Herzegovina 75th and the Kosovan side 84th.

The Albanian national team had a impressive qualifying campaign, with their sole losses suffered at the hands of their group winners England, who claimed full points without conceding a single goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are part of the Albanian squad's more notable names, though it was former Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who topped their scoring chart in the qualifiers with three goals.

It is worth noting, the Albanians have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, though they participated at Euro 2016 and the 2024 Euros, not managing to reach the last 16 on each times.

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

The Swiss finished the six-match qualifiers 3 points clear of the Kosovans, whose one loss was at the hands of the pool winners.

Kosovo feature ex- Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi – his country's all-time top scorer – in a team targeting a first international competition appearance.

They have not yet faced Wales.

Bosnia-Herzegovina lost just once in qualifying, and claimed a point additional than Wales achieved in their eight games, but still finished two points adrift of Group H winners Austria.

They were a quarter of an hour away from securing a place at the World Cup, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians meant the teams tied in the final game of qualifying and Ralf Rangnick's team won the group.

Wales have failed to beat the Bosnian side in 4 matches but experienced a unforgettable loss against the Dragons as they qualified for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman despite the defeat.

As his country's all-time top goalscorer and record appearance player, ex- Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia's key player.

The 39-year-old was his team's leading goalscorer in qualifying with 5 goals.

And finally, we have Republic of Ireland.

After secured just one point from their first three qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side stormed into the playoffs with successive wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott scored both goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before bagging a triple – with the third goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland stunned Hungary to take second spot in Group F in thrilling fashion.

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

Ireland are winless in their past 4 meetings with the Welsh, losing three of these, though James McClean broke the hopes of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's team won a decisive World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.