| 2011–12 National League A season | |
| League: | National League A |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champ Name: | Best Record |
| Season Champs: | EV Zug |
| Second Place: | HC Davos |
| Top Scorer: | Damien Brunner (EV Zug) |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Conf1: | Semi-final #1 |
| Conf1 Champ: | ZSC Lions |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | EV Zug |
| Conf2: | Semi-final #2 |
| Conf2 Champ: | SC Bern |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Fribourg-Gottéron |
| Finals: | National League A Championship |
| Finals Champ: | ZSC Lions |
| Finals Runner-Up: | SC Bern |
| Seasonslistnames: | NLA |
| No Of Games: | 50 |
| No Of Teams: | 12 |
| Prevseason Link: | 2010–11 NLA season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2010–11 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2012–13 NLA season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2012–13 |
The 2011–12 National League A season was the fifth ice hockey season of the National League A since the reorganization of the Swiss league. 12 teams participated in the league, which was won by EV Zug.
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | EV Zug | 50 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 173 | 131 | 98 | |
| 2. | HC Davos | 50 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 155 | 117 | 98 | |
| 3. | Fribourg-Gottéron | 50 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 156 | 120 | 94 | |
| 4. | Kloten Flyers | 50 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 158 | 117 | 91 | |
| 5. | SC Bern | 50 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 153 | 130 | 87 | |
| 6. | HC Lugano | 50 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 152 | 150 | 79 | |
| 7. | ZSC Lions | 50 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 136 | 129 | 77 | |
| 8. | EHC Biel | 50 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 114 | 128 | 68 | |
| 9. | Genève-Servette HC | 50 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 117 | 126 | 67 | |
| 10. | SCL Tigers | 50 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 124 | 166 | 52 | |
| 11. | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 50 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 102 | 153 | 49 | |
| 12. | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 99 | 172 | 40 |
| width=150px | Team | width=75px | Games | width=75px | Total Attendance | width=75px | Average | width=75px | Stadium Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 394,475 | 15,779 | 17,131 | ||||||
| 25 | 190,625 | 7,625 | 10,700 | ||||||
| 25 | 169,225 | 6,769 | 7,382 | ||||||
| 25 | 165,900 | 6,636 | 6,900 | ||||||
| 25 | 156,625 | 6,265 | 7,015 | ||||||
| 25 | 151,025 | 6,041 | 7,719 | ||||||
| 25 | 132,250 | 5,290 | 6,500 | ||||||
| 25 | 118,725 | 4,749 | 7,000 | ||||||
| 25 | 113,600 | 4,544 | 7,080 | ||||||
| 25 | 103,375 | 4,135 | 6,200 | ||||||
| 25 | 103,125 | 4,125 | 7,800 | ||||||
| 25 | 92,675 | 3,707 | 7,000 | ||||||
| LEAGUE TOTAL | 300 | 1,891,625 | 6,305 | — |
| width=150px | Name | width=180px class="unsortable" | Team | width=50px class="unsortable" | GP | width=50px | G | width=50px | A | width=50px | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 45 | 24 | 36 | 60 | |||||||
| | 49 | 27 | 24 | 51 | |||||||
| 45 | 16 | 34 | 50 | ||||||||
| 46 | 21 | 28 | 49 | ||||||||
 | 50 | 23 | 22 | 45 | |||||||
| | 50 | 20 | 25 | 45 | |||||||
 | 47 | 9 | 35 | 44 | |||||||
| | 47 | 22 | 21 | 43 | |||||||
| | 48 | 15 | 27 | 42 | |||||||
| | 49 | 14 | 28 | 42 | |||||||
The bottom 4 teams of the National League A will compete in a losing team advances tournament to determine if they should stay in the League. The loser of this tournament will compete against the champions of the National League B to determine which league they will play in next season.
Ambrì-Piotta would later defeat SC Langenthal, Champions of the National League B, 4–1 to remain in the National League A