Stoke City have confirmed the loan signing of FC Augsburg left-back Kostas Stafylidis until the end of the season.

The 24 year old Greece international is Paul Lambert's first signing after being appointed as Stoke boss on Monday.

"He's a really good left-back and has lots of energy which we need," said Lambert at his news conference on Thursday.

Stoke have also announced the departure of first-team coach Eddie Niedzwiecki.