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The team's focus are squarely on Thursday's World Cup playoff fixture as they prepare for discovering their semi-final and possible final rivals.

Having finished second in their qualification group following a dominant 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their biggest success since 1978 – the side will play the semifinal match on their own turf.

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

Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw believes the Dragons will relish a tie against whichever opponent after their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his approach is 'bring on anyone, we're ready'," Earnshaw stated.

"Many supporters were asking last night, 'do we really want Ireland as it's that local atmosphere?'. I think many people didn't. But personally, that could be incredible.

"It's one of those, indeed, we'll take the Kosovans or the Bosnians and Albania are competitive and Republic of Ireland, of course, they're a very good team so they'll be tough.

"But you just feel that we're prepared for anyone right now and it doesn't matter, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

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Wales sit 34th in the FIFA standings, with Albania 61st, Ireland 62nd, Bosnia seventy-fifth and the Kosovan side eighty-fourth.

The Albanian national team had a strong qualification campaign, with their sole losses coming at the hands of Group K winners England, who secured maximum points without conceding a solitary goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and Lazio's Elseid Hysaj are among the Albanian squad's more notable names, although it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford forward Rey Manaj who topped their scoring chart in qualifying with 3 goals.

Notably, the Albanians have not yet qualified for a FIFA World Cup, although they featured at Euro 2016 and the 2024 Euros, not managing to reach the knockout stages on each times.

While Slovenia and Sweden had torrid campaigns, with both not managing to win a qualifying match, Group B was a direct battle between Switzerland and Kosovo.

The Swiss finished the six-game qualifiers three points ahead of the Kosovans, whose one loss came at the hands of the group winners.

The Kosovan squad include former Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi – his country's all-time leading goalscorer – in a team aiming for a maiden major tournament appearance.

They have not yet faced Wales.

Bosnia-Herzegovina lost just once in the qualifiers, and earned a points more than the Welsh managed in their 8 games, but nonetheless finished two points adrift of Group H winners Austria.

They were a quarter of an hour away from securing a place at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians ensured the teams tied in the last game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team won the group.

The Welsh have not managed to defeat the Bosnian side in four matches but experienced a memorable defeat against the Dragons as they qualified for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite the defeat.

Being his nation's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player, former Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is undoubtedly Bosnia's star player.

The veteran was his team's leading goalscorer in qualifying with 5 goals.

Lastly, we have Ireland.

Having secured only a single point from their opening 3 qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side stormed into the play-offs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott netted both goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before bagging a hat-trick – with the third goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Irish stunned Hungary to secure runner-up spot in their group in thrilling fashion.

Key player Seamus Coleman played a vital role in his team's resurgence while Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the starting jersey his own.

Ireland are without a win in their last four meetings with the Welsh, defeated in three of these, though James McClean shattered the hopes of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's team won a crucial World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.