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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2009
Registration No. ___________


                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                PVF CAPITAL CORP.
                                -----------------
             (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           OHIO                                          34-1659805
           ----                                          ----------
(State or other jurisdiction of               (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

    30000 AURORA ROAD, SOLON, OHIO                         44139
    ------------------------------                         -----
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  Zip Code


                                PVF CAPITAL CORP.
                           2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
                           --------------------------
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                               COPIES TO:
JOHN R. MALE                                   JOEL E. RAPPOPORT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER                        KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP
PVF CAPITAL CORP.                              607 14TH STREET, NW, SUITE 900
30000 AURORA ROAD                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20005
SOLON, OHIO 44139                              (202) 508-5800
(Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (440) 248-7171
                                 ---------------
          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):

        Large accelerated filer [ ]     Accelerated filer [ ]
        Non-accelerated filer   [ ]     Smaller reporting company |X|
                 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================================
                                       Amount          Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum         Amount of
   Title of securities to be           to be          offering price per     aggregate offering      registration
           registered              registered(1)             share                price(3)                fee
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         <S>                        <C>                     <C>                   <C>                   <C>
          Common Stock
         $.01 par Value             650,000 (2)             $2.59                 $1,683,500            $67
======================================================================================================================
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(1)  Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
     necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
     the PVF Capital Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as the result
     of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment to the outstanding
     common stock of PVF Capital Corp. (the "Common Stock") pursuant to 17
     C.F.R. ss.230.416(a).
(2)  Represents the shares which may be issued: (i) upon the exercise of options
     to purchase shares of the Common Stock, or (ii) the distribution of shares
     of Common Stock upon the vesting of stock awards or performance awards.
(3)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
     Represents the closing price for the common stock as reported on
     March 2, 2009 in accordance with 17 CFR Section 230.457(c) and
     230.457(h).

THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND 17 C.F.R. SS.230.462

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PART I   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

ITEMS 1 AND 2. The documents containing the information for the PVF Capital
Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") specified by Part I of this
Registration Statement will be sent or given to the participants in the Plan as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as a part of this
Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to
Rule 424 in reliance on Rule 428. Such documents and the information
incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus for the Registration
Statement.

PART II   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents filed or to be filed by PVF Capital Corp. (the
"Registrant" or the "Corporation") with the SEC are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement:

         (a)    The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2008 filed with the SEC on September 15, 2008 (File No.
000-24948).

         (b)    The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No.
000-24948) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008 and filed with the
SEC on November 10, 2008.

         (c)    The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in
Registrant's Form 8-A as filed with the SEC and declared effective on October
31, 1994 (File No. 000-24948).

         (d)    The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K or 8-K/A filed on
December 31, 2008, December 8, 2008, December 2, 2008 and November 12, 2008
(other than items submitted under 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K or 8-K/A).

         (e)    All documents filed by the Registrant and the Plan, where
applicable, pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold (in each case other than those portions
furnished under items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K or 8-K/A).

[TO BE UPDATED PRIOR TO FILING.]

         ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR IN A
DOCUMENT INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN, SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
TO THE EXTENT THAT A STATEMENT CONTAINED HEREIN, OR IN ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENTLY
FILED DOCUMENT WHICH ALSO IS INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE HEREIN, MODIFIES OR SUPERSEDES SUCH STATEMENT. ANY SUCH STATEMENT SO
MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED SHALL NOT BE DEEMED, EXCEPT AS SO MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED,
TO CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not applicable, as the Registrant's Common Stock is registered under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         None.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Division (E) of Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code governs
indemnification by an Ohio corporation, such as PVF Capital Corp., and provides
as follows:
          (E)(1) A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person
who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened,
pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or
agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other
enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit, or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

         (2)    A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who
was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened,
pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to
procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit
or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture,
trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees,
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any of
the following:

         (a)    Any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person is adjudged
to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court of common pleas or
the court in which such action or suit was brought determines, upon application,
that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court
shall deem proper;

         (b)    Any action or suit in which the only liability asserted against
a director is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code.

         (3)    To the extent that a director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)
of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he shall

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be indemnified against expenses, including attorney's fees, actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.

         (4)    Any indemnification under division (E)(1) or (2) of this
section, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation only as
authorized in the specific case, upon a determination that indemnification of
the director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent is proper in
the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section. Such determination shall be
made as follows:

         (a)    By a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the
indemnifying corporation who were not and are not parties to or threatened with
the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this
section;

         (b)    If the quorum described in division (E)(4)(a) of this section is
not obtainable or if a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, in a written opinion by independent legal counsel other than an
attorney, or a firm having associated with it an attorney, who has been retained
by or who has performed services for the corporation or any person to be
indemnified within the past five years;

         (c)    By the shareholders;

         (d)    By the court of common pleas or the court in which the action,
suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section was
brought.

         Any determination made by the disinterested directors under division
(E)(4)(a) or by independent legal counsel under division (E)(4)(b) of this
section shall be promptly communicated to the person who threatened or brought
the action or suit by or in the right of the corporation under division (E)(2)
of this section, and, within ten days after receipt of such notification, such
person shall have the right to petition the court of common pleas or the court
in which such action or suit was brought to review the reasonableness of such
determination.

         (5)(a) Unless at the time of a director's act or omission that is the
subject of an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)
of this section, the articles or the regulations of a corporation state, by
specific reference to this division, that the provisions of this division do not
apply to the corporation and unless the only liability asserted against a
director in an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)
of this section is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code, expenses,
including attorney's fees, incurred by a director in defending the action, suit
or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance
of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the director in which he agrees to do both of the
following:

                  (i) Repay such amount if it is proved by clear and convincing
         evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that his action or
         failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate
         intent to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless
         disregard for the best interests of the corporation;

                  (ii)     Reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning
         the action, suit, or proceeding.

         (b) Expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by a director,
trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent in defending any action,
suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, may

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be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final
disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, as authorized by the directors
in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent to repay such
amount, if it ultimately is determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified
by the corporation.

         (6)    The indemnification authorized by this section shall not be
exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, any other rights granted to those
seeking indemnification under the articles, the regulations, any agreement, a
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action
in their official capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding
their offices or positions, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to
be a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a
person.

         (7)    A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or furnish
similar protection, including, but not limited to, trust funds, letters of
credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit
or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture,
trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under this section. Insurance may be purchased from or maintained
with a person in which the corporation has a financial interest.

         (8)    The authority of a corporation to indemnify persons pursuant to
division (E)(1) or (2) of this section does not limit the payment of expenses as
they are incurred, indemnification, insurance, or other protection that may be
provided pursuant to divisions (E)(5), (6), and (7) of this section. Divisions
(E)(1) and (2) of this section do not create any obligation to repay or return
payments made by the corporation pursuant to division (E)(5), (6) or (7).

         (9)    As used in division (E) of this section, "corporation" includes
all constituent entities in a consolidation or merger and the new or surviving
corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee,
trustee, member, manager, or agent of such a constituent entity, or is or was
serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee,
officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or
foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position
under this section with respect to the new or surviving corporation as he would
if he had served the new or surviving corporation in the same capacity. In
addition, the Registrant has purchased insurance coverage which insures
directors and officers against certain liabilities which might be incurred by
them in such capacities.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         None.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

         The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this registration statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds generally to the
Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

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         List of Exhibits (filed herewith unless otherwise noted):

         5.0    Opinion of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as to the legality of the
                Common Stock to be issued
        10.0    PVF Capital Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan(1)
        10.1    Form of Equity Award Agreements
        23.1    Consent of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (contained in the Opinion
                included in Exhibit 5)
        23.2    Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP
        24      Power of Attorney (contained on the signature pages).
        ---------------------------
        (1)     Incorporated by Reference to the Registrant's Form DEF14A filed
with the SEC on October 17, 2008.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                (i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

                (iii)   To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement.

         PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this
section do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

         (2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof;

         (3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering;

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         (4)    That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant
under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities, in a primary offering of securities of the Registrant pursuant to
this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell
the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the Registrant will
be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such
securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of
the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering
prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by
the undersigned Registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the
undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser; and

         (5)    For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.

         (c)-(g) Not applicable.

         (h)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

THE REGISTRANT

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, PVF Capital
Corp. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Solon, Ohio on March 3, 2009.


                                            PVF CAPITAL CORP.



                                            By: /s/ John R. Male
                                                -------------------------------
                                                John R. Male
                                                Chief Executive Officer
                                                (Principal executive officer)

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below (other than Mr. Male) constitutes and appoints John R. Male, as the true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign any or all amendments to the Form S-8 registration
statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite and
necessary to be done as fully, and to all intents and purposes, as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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       Name                                         Title                                  Date
       ----                                         ------                                 ----
<S>                                         <C>                                         <C>


/s/ Mark Grossi                             Chairman of the Board                       March 3, 2009
------------------------------------
Mark Grossi


/s/ John R. Male
-----------------------------------         Chief Executive Officer
John R. Male                                and Director                                March 3, 2009
                                            (Principal executive officer)



/s/ Edward B. Debevec                       Treasurer                                   March 3, 2009
------------------------------------        (Principal financial and accounting officer)
Edward B. Debevec


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/s/ C. Keith Swaney                         Director                                    March 3, 2009
------------------------------------
C. Keith Swaney



                                            Director
------------------------------------
Robert K. Healey



/s/ Stanley T. Jaros                        Director                                    March 3, 2009
------------------------------------
Stanley T. Jaros



/s/ Stuart D. Neidus                        Director                                    March 3, 2009
------------------------------------
Stuart D. Neidus



                                            Director
------------------------------------
Umberto P. Fedeli



/s/ Raymond J. Negrelli                     Director                                    March 3, 2009
------------------------------------
Raymond J. Negrelli



                                            Director
------------------------------------
Ronald D. Holman, II



/s/ Steven A. Calabrese                     Director                                    March 3, 2009
------------------------------------
Steven A. Calabrese
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2009
Registration No. ___________

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                PVF CAPITAL CORP.
                                -----------------
             (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           OHIO                                          34-1659805
           ----                                          ----------
(State or other jurisdiction of               (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

    30000 AURORA ROAD, SOLON, OHIO                         44139
    ------------------------------                         -----
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  Zip Code

                                PVF CAPITAL CORP.
                           2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
                           --------------------------
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                               COPIES TO:
JOHN R. MALE                                   JOEL E. RAPPOPORT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER                        KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP
PVF CAPITAL CORP.                              607 14TH STREET, NW, SUITE 900
30000 AURORA ROAD                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20005
SOLON, OHIO 44139                              (202) 508-5800
(Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (440) 248-7171
                                 ---------------
          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):

        Large accelerated filer [ ]     Accelerated filer [ ]
        Non-accelerated filer   [ ]     Smaller reporting company |X|
                 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================================
                                       Amount          Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum         Amount of
   Title of securities to be           to be          offering price per     aggregate offering      registration
           registered              registered(1)             share                price(3)                fee
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock
         $.01 par Value             650,000 (2)             $2.59                 $1,683,500            $67
======================================================================================================================
(1)  Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
     necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
     the PVF Capital Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as the result
     of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment to the outstanding
     common stock of PVF Capital Corp. (the "Common Stock") pursuant to 17
     C.F.R. ss.230.416(a).
(2)  Represents the shares which may be issued: (i) upon the exercise of options
     to purchase shares of the Common Stock, or (ii) the distribution of shares
     of Common Stock upon the vesting of stock awards or performance awards.
(3)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
     Represents the closing price for the common stock as reported on
     March 2, 2009 in accordance with 17 CFR Section 230.457(c) and
     230.457(h).

THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND 17 C.F.R. SS.230.462
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PART I   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

ITEMS 1 AND 2. The documents containing the information for the PVF Capital
Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") specified by Part I of this
Registration Statement will be sent or given to the participants in the Plan as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as a part of this
Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to
Rule 424 in reliance on Rule 428. Such documents and the information
incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus for the Registration
Statement.

PART II   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents filed or to be filed by PVF Capital Corp. (the
"Registrant" or the "Corporation") with the SEC are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement:

         (a)    The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2008 filed with the SEC on September 15, 2008 (File No.
000-24948).

         (b)    The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No.
000-24948) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008 and filed with the
SEC on November 10, 2008.

         (c)    The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in
Registrant's Form 8-A as filed with the SEC and declared effective on October
31, 1994 (File No. 000-24948).

         (d)    The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K or 8-K/A filed on
December 31, 2008, December 8, 2008, December 2, 2008 and November 12, 2008
(other than items submitted under 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K or 8-K/A).

         (e)    All documents filed by the Registrant and the Plan, where
applicable, pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold (in each case other than those portions
furnished under items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K or 8-K/A).

[TO BE UPDATED PRIOR TO FILING.]

         ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR IN A
DOCUMENT INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN, SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
TO THE EXTENT THAT A STATEMENT CONTAINED HEREIN, OR IN ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENTLY
FILED DOCUMENT WHICH ALSO IS INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE HEREIN, MODIFIES OR SUPERSEDES SUCH STATEMENT. ANY SUCH STATEMENT SO
MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED SHALL NOT BE DEEMED, EXCEPT AS SO MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED,
TO CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not applicable, as the Registrant's Common Stock is registered under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         None.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Division (E) of Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code governs
indemnification by an Ohio corporation, such as PVF Capital Corp., and provides
as follows:
          (E)(1) A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person
who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened,
pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or
agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other
enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit, or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

         (2)    A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who
was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened,
pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to
procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit
or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture,
trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees,
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any of
the following:

         (a)    Any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person is adjudged
to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court of common pleas or
the court in which such action or suit was brought determines, upon application,
that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court
shall deem proper;

         (b)    Any action or suit in which the only liability asserted against
a director is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code.

         (3)    To the extent that a director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)
of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he shall

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be indemnified against expenses, including attorney's fees, actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.

         (4)    Any indemnification under division (E)(1) or (2) of this
section, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation only as
authorized in the specific case, upon a determination that indemnification of
the director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent is proper in
the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section. Such determination shall be
made as follows:

         (a)    By a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the
indemnifying corporation who were not and are not parties to or threatened with
the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this
section;

         (b)    If the quorum described in division (E)(4)(a) of this section is
not obtainable or if a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, in a written opinion by independent legal counsel other than an
attorney, or a firm having associated with it an attorney, who has been retained
by or who has performed services for the corporation or any person to be
indemnified within the past five years;

         (c)    By the shareholders;

         (d)    By the court of common pleas or the court in which the action,
suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section was
brought.

         Any determination made by the disinterested directors under division
(E)(4)(a) or by independent legal counsel under division (E)(4)(b) of this
section shall be promptly communicated to the person who threatened or brought
the action or suit by or in the right of the corporation under division (E)(2)
of this section, and, within ten days after receipt of such notification, such
person shall have the right to petition the court of common pleas or the court
in which such action or suit was brought to review the reasonableness of such
determination.

         (5)(a) Unless at the time of a director's act or omission that is the
subject of an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)
of this section, the articles or the regulations of a corporation state, by
specific reference to this division, that the provisions of this division do not
apply to the corporation and unless the only liability asserted against a
director in an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)
of this section is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code, expenses,
including attorney's fees, incurred by a director in defending the action, suit
or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance
of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the director in which he agrees to do both of the
following:

                  (i) Repay such amount if it is proved by clear and convincing
         evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that his action or
         failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate
         intent to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless
         disregard for the best interests of the corporation;

                  (ii)     Reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning
         the action, suit, or proceeding.

         (b) Expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by a director,
trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent in defending any action,
suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, may

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be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final
disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, as authorized by the directors
in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent to repay such
amount, if it ultimately is determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified
by the corporation.

         (6)    The indemnification authorized by this section shall not be
exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, any other rights granted to those
seeking indemnification under the articles, the regulations, any agreement, a
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action
in their official capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding
their offices or positions, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to
be a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a
person.

         (7)    A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or furnish
similar protection, including, but not limited to, trust funds, letters of
credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit
or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture,
trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under this section. Insurance may be purchased from or maintained
with a person in which the corporation has a financial interest.

         (8)    The authority of a corporation to indemnify persons pursuant to
division (E)(1) or (2) of this section does not limit the payment of expenses as
they are incurred, indemnification, insurance, or other protection that may be
provided pursuant to divisions (E)(5), (6), and (7) of this section. Divisions
(E)(1) and (2) of this section do not create any obligation to repay or return
payments made by the corporation pursuant to division (E)(5), (6) or (7).

         (9)    As used in division (E) of this section, "corporation" includes
all constituent entities in a consolidation or merger and the new or surviving
corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee,
trustee, member, manager, or agent of such a constituent entity, or is or was
serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee,
officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or
foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position
under this section with respect to the new or surviving corporation as he would
if he had served the new or surviving corporation in the same capacity. In
addition, the Registrant has purchased insurance coverage which insures
directors and officers against certain liabilities which might be incurred by
them in such capacities.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         None.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

         The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this registration statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds generally to the
Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

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         List of Exhibits (filed herewith unless otherwise noted):

         5.0    Opinion of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as to the legality of the
                Common Stock to be issued
        10.0    PVF Capital Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan(1)
        10.1    Form of Equity Award Agreements
        23.1    Consent of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (contained in the Opinion
                included in Exhibit 5)
        23.2    Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP
        24      Power of Attorney (contained on the signature pages).
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        (1)     Incorporated by Reference to the Registrant's Form DEF14A filed
with the SEC on October 17, 2008.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                (i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

                (iii)   To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement.

         PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this
section do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

         (2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof;

         (3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering;

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         (4)    That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant
under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities, in a primary offering of securities of the Registrant pursuant to
this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell
the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the Registrant will
be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such
securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of
the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering
prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by
the undersigned Registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the
undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser; and

         (5)    For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.

         (c)-(g) Not applicable.

         (h)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

THE REGISTRANT

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, PVF Capital
Corp. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Solon, Ohio on March 3, 2009.

                                            PVF CAPITAL CORP.

                                            By: /s/ John R. Male
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                                                John R. Male
                                                Chief Executive Officer
                                                (Principal executive officer)

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below (other than Mr. Male) constitutes and appoints John R. Male, as the true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign any or all amendments to the Form S-8 registration
statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite and
necessary to be done as fully, and to all intents and purposes, as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name                                         Title                                  Date
       ----                                         ------                                 ----
/s/ Mark Grossi                             Chairman of the Board                       March 3, 2009
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Mark Grossi

/s/ John R. Male
-----------------------------------         Chief Executive Officer
John R. Male                                and Director                                March 3, 2009
                                            (Principal executive officer)

/s/ Edward B. Debevec                       Treasurer                                   March 3, 2009
------------------------------------        (Principal financial and accounting officer)
Edward B. Debevec

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/s/ C. Keith Swaney                         Director                                    March 3, 2009
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C. Keith Swaney

                                            Director
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Robert K. Healey

/s/ Stanley T. Jaros                        Director                                    March 3, 2009
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Stanley T. Jaros

/s/ Stuart D. Neidus                        Director                                    March 3, 2009
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Stuart D. Neidus

                                            Director
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Umberto P. Fedeli

/s/ Raymond J. Negrelli                     Director                                    March 3, 2009
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Raymond J. Negrelli

                                            Director
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Ronald D. Holman, II

/s/ Steven A. Calabrese                     Director                                    March 3, 2009
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Steven A. Calabrese
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