Wales have won 8 of their last 16 matches with manager Craig Bellamy
The team's attention are squarely on the upcoming World Cup play-off fixture as they prepare for learning their semifinal and possible final challengers.
After finished as runners-up in their qualification pool thanks to a decisive 7-1 triumph over North Macedonia – their largest win since 1978 – Wales will play the semifinal encounter on their own turf.
They will face either the Albanian side, Bosnia, the Kosovan team or Republic of Ireland in that fixture on 26 March.
Ex- Wales striker Rob Earnshaw feels the Welsh squad will welcome a tie against whichever team following their most recent performance at Cardiff City Stadium.
"I know Craig Bellamy, we were teammates with him and his approach is 'give us whoever, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw stated.
"Many people were saying last night, 'should we really want Republic of Ireland because of that local atmosphere?'. I think a number of people didn't. But personally, that would be amazing.
"It's that type of situation, indeed, we're ready for Kosovo or Bosnia and Albania are decent and Ireland, naturally, they're a very good team so it will be tough.
"But you just feel that we'll take anybody at the moment and we're confident, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."
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The Welsh squad sit thirty-fourth in the world standings, with Albania sixty-first, Republic of Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia 75th and the Kosovan side 84th.
Albania enjoyed a solid qualifying run, with their sole defeats coming at the hands of Group K winners England, who claimed maximum points without allowing a solitary goal.
Burnley's Armando Broja and Lazio's Elseid Hysaj are part of the Red and Blacks's more notable players, though it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford forward Rey Manaj who led their scoring chart in qualifying with three goals.
It is worth noting, the Albanians have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, although they participated at Euro 2016 and the 2024 Euros, failing to reach the knockout stages on each times.
As Slovenia and Sweden endured difficult runs, with both failing to win a qualifying match, their group was a direct battle between Switzerland and Kosovo.
The Swiss finished the six-game campaign 3 points clear of Kosovo, whose single loss 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 team targeting a maiden major tournament appearance.
They have never faced Wales.
Bosnia-Herzegovina were defeated only one time in qualifying, and earned a point additional than the Welsh achieved in their 8 games, but nonetheless ended two 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 ensured the teams tied in the final game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the group.
The Welsh have not managed to beat the Bosnians in four matches but did have a memorable loss against Zmajevi as they earned qualification for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman even after losing.
Being his country's all-time leading scorer and most-capped player, former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia-Herzegovina's star player.
The 39-year-old was his team's top scorer in the qualifiers with five goals.
And finally, we have Republic of Ireland.
After taken just one point from their opening 3 qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side surged into the play-offs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.
Troy Parrott scored the two goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before bagging a triple – with the third goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Irish surprised Hungary to secure runner-up spot in Group F in thrilling style.
Key player Seamus Coleman had a vital role in his team's resurgence while Brentford keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has made the number one jersey his to keep.
Ireland are winless in their last 4 meetings with the Welsh, defeated in three of these, although James McClean shattered the hopes of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's men won a decisive World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.
