Root and crown rot of raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) was observed in a plantation at the experimental station of small fruits in Kostinbrod, Bulgaria. Isolates of Phytophthora spp. were obtained from diseased plants. Colony morphology, growth rates, features of asexual and sexual structures were studied and as a result two Phytophthora species were identified: Phytophthora citricola Saw. and Phytophthora eitrophthora (R.E. Sm. & E,H. Sin.)Leonian. Their pathogenicity was confirmed in artificial inoculation experiments. The isozyme (o~-esterase) patterns ofP citrophthora and P. citricola isolates from raspberry and from the collection of the CBS, Baarn the Nether/ands were compared, using micro-gel electrophoresis. Both species are reported for the first time as pathogens of raspberry in Bulgaria. This is only the second report in phytopathological literature of P. citrophthora on raspberry, the first being from Chile [Latorre and Munoz, 1993].