SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2002
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                                PVF CAPITAL CORP.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


        Ohio                           0-24948                   34-1659805
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(State or Other Jurisdiction)        (Commission                (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)             File Number)            Identification No.)



30000 Aurora Road, Solon, Ohio                                      44139
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           (Zip code)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (440) 248-7171
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
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     On August 6, 2002, the Board of Directors of the Registrant  announced that
the Registrant  completed its previously  announced  stock  repurchase  program,
pursuant  to which  it  repurchased  260,251  shares  of its  common  stock.  In
addition,  the Board of Directors announced that the Registrant was commencing a
stock  repurchase  program to acquire up to 262,844  shares of its common stock,
representing  approximately  5% of the outstanding  common stock. The Registrant
also  announced that Raymond J. Negrelli has been appointed as a director of the
Registrant and of its wholly owned subsidiary, Park View Federal Savings Bank.

     Further information regarding the stock repurchases and new director is set
forth in a press  release  dated  August 6, 2002,  attached as Exhibit  99.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
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         Exhibit 99.1      Press Release dated August 6, 2002



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     PVF CAPITAL CORP.



Date:    August 16, 2002             By:/s/ C. Keith Swaney
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                                        C. Keith Swaney
                                        President