Ya fara bugawa a La Liga ya zo ne a kan Valencia a ranar 3 ga Oktoba 1998 a cikin nasara 3<unk>1 ga Barcelona. Da farko yana nunawa a cikin ƙungiyoyi biyu da kuma manyan kungiyoyi, Xavi ya zira kwallaye ne kawai a cikin nasara 1<unk>0 a kan Real Valladolid lokacin da Barcelona ke matsayi na goma a gasar. Ci gaba da wasan kwaikwayon mai ban sha'awa ya sa ya zama babban memba na kungiyar Louis van Gaal ta lashe gasar, ya kammala kakar wasa ta farko tare da wasanni 26 kuma an kira shi 1999 La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year. Xavi ya zama babban dan wasan Barcelona bayan wani rauni ga Pep Guardiola a kakar wasa ta 1999-2000 Tambaya: Shin Xavi ya zira kwallaye a watan Agusta 1998 ko a shekarar 1988?
Shekara ta 1998