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The team's attention are squarely on Thursday's World Cup playoff draw as they prepare for learning their semi-final and possible final rivals.

After finished as runners-up in their qualifying pool thanks to a commanding 7-1 triumph over North Macedonia – their largest success since 1978 – Wales will play the semi-final encounter on their own turf.

They will meet either Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo or Ireland in that fixture on 26 March.

Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw feels the Dragons will welcome a match against any opponent after their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

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

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

"It's that type of situation, yes, we're ready for Kosovo or the Bosnians and the Albanians are not bad and Ireland, naturally, they're a capable team so they'll be tough.

"However you just feel that we're prepared for anybody right now and we're confident, and much of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

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The Welsh squad sit 34th in the world rankings, with Albania 61st, Republic of Ireland 62nd, Bosnia 75th and the Kosovan side eighty-fourth.

The Albanian national team had a solid qualification campaign, with their only losses coming at the hands of Group K winners England, who secured maximum points without allowing a single goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are among the Red and Blacks's recognizable players, though it was former Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who topped their scoring tally in qualifying with three goals.

It is worth noting, Albania have not yet earned a spot for a FIFA World Cup, although they featured at the 2016 European Championship and the 2024 Euros, not managing to reach the last 16 on both times.

As Slovenia and Sweden endured poor runs, with both failing to win a qualification match, their group was a direct battle between Switzerland and Kosovo.

The Switzerland ended the six-game qualifiers three points clear of Kosovo, whose single defeat was at the hands of the group winners.

The Kosovan squad include ex- Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his nation's all-time top scorer – in a team aiming for a maiden major tournament appearance.

They have never faced Wales.

Bosnia were defeated only one time in qualifying, and earned a points more than Wales managed in their eight games, but nonetheless ended 2 points adrift of Group H winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from securing a spot at the World Cup, but Michael Gregoritsch's equaliser for the Austrians meant the teams tied in the last game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team won the group.

Wales have failed to defeat the Bosnians in 4 matches but experienced a unforgettable loss against Zmajevi as they earned qualification for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman even after the defeat.

Being his nation's historic leading scorer and record appearance player, former Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is undoubtedly Bosnia-Herzegovina's star player.

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

Lastly, we have Ireland.

Having secured 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 the two goals against the 2016 European Championship winners Portugal before scoring a triple – with the third goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland surprised Hungary to take runner-up place in their group in dramatic style.

Talisman Seamus Coleman had a crucial role in his team's revival while Brentford keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has made the number one position his to keep.

Ireland are winless in their past four encounters with the Welsh, losing 3 of these, though James McClean broke the hearts of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's men won a decisive World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.