Wales arrange Scotland friendly
With Wales playing England and Northern Ireland in their World Cup qualifying group matches next season, a meeting with Scotland in Cardiff on Wednesday, February 18 will see Mark Hughes' side play each of the home nations at least once over the next couple of years.
The game will take place just four days after Wales have played Scotland at the same venue in the Six Nations rugby tournament.
FA of Wales secretary general David Collins sees the match as a great help to Welsh preparations for their competitive matches with England and Northern Ireland.
He said: "This falls perfectly in with Mark Hughes' plans with us playing England and Northern Ireland in our group six World Cup qualifiers, and Scotland were also keen to play."
It will also give the Welsh FA an opportunity to test their security operation ahead of the England game.
The meeting with Sven-Goran Eriksson's side, to be staged on a yet to be decided date in a 12-month span starting in September 2004, has concerned the South Wales Police and the two football associations, so the security aspects of a 'local derby' can be explored in February.
The date had initially been set aside for Wales to play Holland in Amsterdam, but the Dutch changed their minds at the weekend and opted to face the USA instead.
Welsh FA spokesman Ceri Stennett said: "That caused us problems, we were expecting to travel to Holland on that date.
"But on Monday we made a call to the Scots and they were delighted to step in and play us in Cardiff."
Wales want to fill the Millennium Stadium, which has a 74,000 capacity.
Stennett said: "A friendly in February would probably see us half fill the stadium, something like 30,000.
"But with Scotland coming, and the excellent, well-behaved following they have, we could well give them a sizeable amount of tickets.
"We will discuss the situation with our friends in Scotland and then make a decision."
This will be the first meeting between the two countries at senior level since 1997 when Wales won 1-0 in a friendly in Kilmarnock, Celtic's John Hartson scoring his first goal for Wales on that occasion.
The last time the two sides met in Wales was in 1985 when Scotland clinched World Cup qualification with a 1-1 draw at Ninian Park.
The Welsh scorer that night was Mark Hughes while Scotland's goal came from Davie Cooper but the result was overshadowed by the death of Scotland boss Jock Stein.
