Following the, Real Madrid capped off their third consecutive Champions League group stage without defeat. The Whites have not been beaten at this stage of the competition since October 2012, stringing together a 21-game undefeated run in the round-robin phase in the process. Additionally, Real Madrid are the only team not to have lost a single group stage match over the last three years.During Real Madrid's 20 Champions League campaigns, the team have come out of seven group stages unscathed. The first time this occurred was during the 2001/02 edition of the tournament, when the team went unbeaten during the second group stage before claiming. The Whites went on to repeat that achievement in 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.This sure-footedness in the first round of the Champions League means that Real Madrid hold the record for consecutive matches undefeated during this stage of the competition. The current run, which reads 17 wins and 4 draws, overshadows Barcelona's previous record of 18 games unbeaten between 2009 and 2012.