Greece's horrific run of form took a turn for the worse after they were beaten 1-0 in Luxembourg courtesy of a stoppage time strike from Aurelien Joachim.
Greece have endured a horror run since being knocked out of the World Cup last summer, winning just one game as they finished bottom of their qualifying group for the European Championship.
And the latest defeat in Luxembourg is yet another humiliation for the Euro 2004 winners, with the loss coming against a team ranked 89 places below them in the FIFA rankings at 146th
By contrast Czech Republic celebrated winning their group to reach Euro 2016 next summer by dismantling Serbia 4-1 at the Mestsky Stadion in a friendly.
Tomas Sivok's 17th minute goal gave the hosts the lead before Tomas Necid converted a penalty after the hour mark to double the advantage.
Petar Skuletic pulled a goal back for Serbia with 12 minutes to play before Ladislav Krejci and Ondrej Zahustel rifled home in the last eight minutes to add a gloss to the scoreline.
Slovakia hosted Switzerland in Trnava as two group runners-up heading for Euro 2016 next summer played out a five-goal thriller.
The hosts raced into a 3-0 lead in 55 minutes courtesy of a Michal Duris brace and a Robert Mak effort.
But Switzerland fought back to set up a tense final 23 minutes after goals from Eren Derdiyok and substitute Josip Drmic saw the visitors fall one short of grabbing an unlikely draw.
Turkey meanwhile produced a late fight-back to deny Qatar a stunning win.
The 2022 World Cup hosts took a 26th minute lead through Ali Asadalla and looked to be on their way to victory before Arda Turan equalised with 20 minutes to play and Cenk Tosun struck two minutes later to grab the win.
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